Take a peek inside The Cooking Room
The first class with our new curriculum is coming up in a couple of weeks and we're getting excited! We'll be posting recipes and info from the lesson on this site, so stay tuned... Can't take the...
View ArticleZak Pelaccio and The Cooking Room in the Wall Street Journal
Because we love the fact that our classroom lessons on preserving pork and roasting beets are in the Wall Street Journal (and because we love seeing him in the signature WSJ hedcut) we couldn't be more...
View ArticleParty time! The Cooking Room is hosting a cocktail fundraiser.
We are gearing up to host our first fundraiser for the program - a cocktail party at the new West Village Fatty 'Cue. The booze has been donated (thank you Southern Wine & Spirits!) the space has...
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Lesson #1: Salt
Using cucumber slices to taste different types of salt. "Of all smells, bread; of all tastes, salt."- George Herbert, English poetThis week was our first classroom lesson with our new curriculum! The...
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Thank you!
The bar at Fatty 'Cue just before the boozing - we mean, Cocktail Party Fundraiser - began. In the spirit of this Thanksgiving week, we want to offer up a huge THANK YOU to everyone who supported The...
View ArticleReading, writing, and recipes: The Cooking Room in The New York Times.
Amy Pearl made a great video about The Cooking Room for The New York Times education blog SchoolBook. In the video, called "Learning to Taste", chef and P.S. 3 parent Zak Pelaccio takes a classroom...
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New knives in The Cooking Room
Beatrice, 5, cutting vegetables for ragu di carne with the Polliwog knife. We've taught our kids how to slice safely (fingers tucked under - imagine a bear claw!), but have still been working mostly...
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IACP Presents: Kids in the kitchen webinar, featuring The Cooking Room!
This week a few of The Cooking Room founding members will be talking about the kitchen classroom and our new curriculum with the International Association of Culinary Professionals. Listen in - it's...
View ArticleHealth is a byproduct of learning to cook
We couldn't agree more with Jim Sollisch in The New York Times: when kids learn how to cook, healthy meals will be the result! Click here to read the article.
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