Thursday, January 26, 2012

Young Chefs Speak Out thru Media

My most recent project is to buttress youth wellness cultures through the creation and maintenance of a kid's healthy food cookbook (trying to input as much youth-created content into the book). This source of documentation (for me) and inspiration (for the youth) can include recipes coupled with action photos showing kids making those same dishes, student chef profiles, games ("match the recipe"), nutrition information, and youth illustrations promoting their own healthy lifestyles. Adding an element of community leadership by outfitting the kids with cameras and the power to document/interview will create a powerful record of youth leaders pushing for healthy futures.

I can see it now, a publication combining the power of youth in action: cooking and thinking.

Critics, and scholars, and leaders, oh my! The power to tell their own story will give these young people to 

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