Program provides food for thought.Commercial real estate consultant, Cindy Farkas Glanzrock, has always had a passion for children and education. Today she participates in programs and projects to fulfill her mission of getting kids to eat healthy. As a volunteer teacher for the AIWF/NY Days of Taste[R] program, she participates in a discovery-based program for fourth and fifth grade children to learn about food and how it weaves its way through daily life from the farm to the table. This year she partnered with Chef Jason Potanovich from Terrace In The Sky. AIWF/NY Days of Taste is a discovery-based program for fourth and fifth grade children to learn about food and how it weaves its way through daily life from the farm to the table. This was the sixth year that Spoons Across America Spoons Across America is a national non-profit organization providing children's food, nutrition, education, and networking for providers. [R] proudly produced AIWF AIWF American Institute of Wine & Food Days of Taste in New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. . It took place in a record 65 classrooms in Manhattan and Brooklyn with more than 1,700 public school children participating. The program teams up chefs, food professionals, farmers and teachers to guide elementary school children through a four-week curriculum that includes exploration of taste, a visit with a local farmer or visit to a Greenmarket, preparation of a harvest salad, and a trip to the chef's restaurant for a behind-the-scenes tour and lunch. AIWF Days of Taste[R] helps children build a food and nutrition Food and Nutrition See also cheese; dining; milk. accubation Rare. the act or habit of reclining at meals. alimentology Medicine. thescience of nutrition. allotriophagy Pathology. vocabulary;understand that locally grown foods are freshest; experience and compare tastes; develop "taste memories"; and provide social food experiences around the table. Spoons Across America[R] (SAA)--the source for children's culinary education--is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to educating children, teachers, and families about the benefits of healthy eating. The group works to influence the eating habits of children through hands-on education that celebrates the connection to local farmers and the important tradition of sharing meals around the family table. SAA produces the AIWF Days of Taste[R] for the New York Chapter in collaboration with The James Beard Foundation The James Beard Foundation is a New York-based national professional non-profit organization named in honor of James Beard that serves to promote the culinary arts by honoring chefs, wine professionals, journalists, and cookbook authors at annual award ceremonies and providing , NYC College of Technology/ Hospitality Management, Art Institute of NYC, The French Culinary Institute  This article or section is written like an .Please help [ rewrite this article] from a neutral point of view. Mark blatant advertising for , using . , The Institute of Culinary Education, New York University New York University, mainly in New York City; coeducational; chartered 1831, opened 1832 as the Univ. of the City of New York, renamed 1896. It comprises 13 schools and colleges, maintaining 4 main centers (including the Medical Center) in the city, as well as the , Greenmarket-NYC Council on the Environment, NY Women's Culinary Alliance, Slow Food NY and Just Food. For more information about Spoons Across America, visit www.spoonsacrossamerica.org. |
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