Chef Laura celebrates the season with a quick cook farmers market demo. Come for a taste! cafarmersmkts.com

Private event. Chef Laura pairs with onsite farmers market for a fun cooking soiree!

Chef Laura celebrates the season with a quick cook farmers market demo. Come for a taste! cafarmersmkts.com

Foods that are best for the health of our people are also best for the health of our planet. Is this statement accurate, why does it matter, and most importantly if it is true, what's in it for eaters? Based on the book, Cool Cuisine - Taking the Bite Out of Global Warming, and work by Harvard University in partnership with the Culinary Institute of America, this talk links the four key U.S. dietary concerns (overweight and eating too much sodium, poor carbohydrates, and red meat) to major problems affecting environmental health. We show how the problems (and solutions) contribute to the taste and nutrient-quality of our food, and how teaching food / environment connections is an important motivator (especially in youth). We review The Shoppers Challenge, a food industry take on who grocery shoppers choose what to buy, and discuss ways to inspire eaters toward healthy, full-flavored choices. A discussion of the "energetics of food," plus a mini cooking demo, complete the presentation.

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