Slow Food CNY

The reports have been coming in from across the county: the eat ins were a wild success.  We had 307 eat-ins in all 50 states with over 20,000 people in attendance.  Locally, we have about 50 people show up, including a handful of awesome children.  Considering that Elmwood Park is a relatively new (and hidden!) [...]

From the Department of Parks, Recreation & Youth Programs comes this wonderful idea:
Cooking Together for Family Meals
w/ Cornell Cooperative Extension
“Cooking Together” is a FREE, five- session cooking program that teaches families how to prepare quick and healthy meals…together! Make recipes that focus on vegetables and lean meats—meals that taste great and are good for you [...]

[ September 7, 2009; 11:30 am to 2:30 pm. ]

This fall, Congress will decide whether to update the Child Nutrition Act, a federal law that governs the National School Lunch Program.  This act comes up for reauthorization every four to five years and it determines what 30 million children eat at school every day.  For many children, school lunch is their only meal of [...]