Video – Massaged Rainbow Kale Salad and Why Cooking Matters

Rainbow Kale salad kinda fell into my life because of Cooking Matters, which also fell into my life. On August 18th, 2010, I received an email from a friend asking if I would be interested in volunteering to teach free cooking and nutrition classes and before I could hit SEND, I was saying YES.. even though I am not a chef and had never really taught classes before. Well, lucky for me, you don't have to be a chef or a nutritionist to teach Cooking Matters and four years later, I have 8 classes under my belt. Each series consists [...]

By |2018-10-03T09:36:02-04:00June 13th, 2014|
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HEY, LOOK WHAT I ATE AT THE 2013 SF TASTE OF THE NATION!

I know people aint got no time no more to read a lot, however I am going to tell you everything, but I will separate it into small "tapas" portions so you can read what you would like first. Here is how it is going to go. 1. HOW I ENDED UP AT THIS YEAR'S TASTE OF THE NATION EVENT IN SF, FOR FREE. 2. WHAT DID I EAT AT THIS YEARS TASTE OF THE NATION FOR FREE. 3. WHY SHARE OUR STRENGTH MATTERS TO ME PERSONALLY   1. HOW DID I END UP AT THIS YEAR'S TASTE OF THE [...]

By |2018-10-03T09:51:24-04:00March 26th, 2013|
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WHY COOKING MATTERS & THE LITTLE SPITFIRE THAT COULD

Yesterday, I began teaching my 6th Cooking Matters class at a Mission Housing location and completed my 5th class at the Rich Sorro Commons near the ballpark. WEIGHING IN AT A MERE 115 LBS OF PURE BIKE RIDING MUSCLE AND MEASURING JUST UNDER 5'4" .... LITTLE SARAH NELSON Sarah Nelson I have written about Cooking Matters before, but want to give the topic a little more attention. Cooking Matters is a national program whose mission it is to teach lower income people free cooking and nutrition. While Cooking Matters provides the materials and basic curriculum for the classes, [...]

By |2018-10-03T10:16:40-04:00July 26th, 2012|
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SWEET TO BE RECOGNIZED

As you all know, I taught a 6-week course for Cooking Matters last year and will be teaching a second course beginning mid February. I get a lot out of teaching this class and not just sharpened comedy skills, ba-dump, but the chance to give back and meet some cool people from all walks of life.  A short while ago, the person who runs Cooking Matters in the Bay area, Sarah Nelson, asked me if I would mind if C&H Sugar did a little story about me and Cooking Matters for their site and I responded with an enthusiastic, YES, [...]

By |2011-01-28T19:16:21-05:00January 20th, 2011|
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GIVING BACK IS TASTY

Me teaching killer vinaigrette. Several months ago I received an email from a girlfriend telling me about a non-profit that was looking for volunteer chefs to teach six week classes on healthy cooking and nutrition, so naturally I jumped at the chance. It is not that I have all the free time in the world while building RealFoodies aside from other duties related to impending nuptials, but I have ALWAYS wanted to do this and it would only be one day a week for a few hours. I know what you are thinking, "you are not a chef" [...]

By |2018-10-03T15:51:23-04:00October 27th, 2010|
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