Member Agencies - Food and Nutrition

Food and Nutrition

What’s Cooking?

For the latest on Cooking Matters news and events, please click here to view our newsletter that includes a review of our Summer 2011 session, a recap of our volunteer appreciation event and fall trimester updates and announcements.

We greatly appreciate our volunteers and their impact on the success of Cooking Matters. Each year we honor several volunteers for their committed service. The honorees from the Summer 2010 to Spring 2011 session are:

2+ Classes - Meg Carstens, Kadie Devitt, Greg Engle, Terence Feeney, Chris George, Barbara Gollman, Michelle Johnson, Kay Kennedy, Penny Kent, Lauren Osborne, Araceli Vazquez
Rookie of the Year - Michelle Johnson
Nutrition Instructor of the Year - Lauren Osborne
Chef Instructor of the Year - Christopher George
Support Volunteer of the Year - Kadie Devitt

About Cooking Matters

• Offering Cooking Matters courses since 1996

Since 1996, over 3,440 participants have taken part in over 245 courses
Cooking Matter classes are offered at over 139 sites, such as senior centers, food pantries, after school programs and public health sites
Cooking Matters is offered in the 13 counties NTFB serves
In 2011, over 768 bags of groceries were distributed and 440 families were served through Cooking Matter courses.

Thank you for your support of Cooking Matters.

Calendar

See the events here

Media Gallery

What Participants Are Saying

“The class was informative and fun! The Chef was kind to all and taught easily understandable recipes that were delicious, nutritious, and fun to try at home. Thank you for your unselfishness in teaching this class.”

~ Adult Participant

“I really like it because you get to cook and have fun.”

~ Child Participant

“I learned about different types of foods and that you can have a delicious, tasty meal from scratch, and it can be healthy.”

~ Teen Participant

Resources

Share our Strength (pdf)

NTFB Cooking Matters Fact Sheet (word doc)

Department Staff:

Nutrition Education Manager
Katherine Lindholm, R.D.

Nutrition Education Coordinator
Sarah Bensinger

Cooking Matters AmeriCorps Member
Areia Rose