The Cooking Project offers young people the skills they need to feed themselves on a regular basis and within a budget. In sharing options beyond traditional fast food and packaged goods, we want kids to know food alternatives within reach — we are about the teach how to fish model. By focusing on delicious, inexpensive dishes from diverse cultural traditions, our community of chefs, writers, home cooks, and farmers seeks to demystify the culture of food, make good food more accessible, and empower young people to feel comfortable and confident in the kitchen and out. With cofounder Chef Daniel Patterson at the helm, our classes are built around memorably delicious food and shared meals, imprinting these experiences and igniting a desire to make them again. During these classes, young people (14-25 years-old) from San Francisco and Oakland join local chefs in learning to create wholesome and affordable dishes, while gaining the culinary skills necessary to recreate these meals at home. The most successful classes focus on a personal recipe and involve cultural exploration; those intimate and disarming dishes inspire a sense of community.

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The Cooking Project

The Cooking Project

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