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Free magazine teaches kids to cook
Somerville schools are partnering with local cookbook author Sally Sampson to deliver a different kind of reading material to students."ChopChop," a cooking magazine for families, will be distributed to all elementary school students free of charge beginning in April. The non-profit magazine is designed to help kids learn to cook, become nutritionally literate and establish better eating habits, all elements of the City's Shape Up Somerville initiative, said Somerville Mayor Joseph Curtatone.
“'ChopChop' reinforces that message and gives families important tools to make healthier food choices,” he wrote in a press release. “We look forward to working with Sally, and to instituting new and exciting programs for our students.”
"ChopChop" features nutritious, ethnically diverse and inexpensive
recipes for healthy meals and snacks, as well as games and tips to make
healthier eating fun and easy for kids. According to Sampson, home
cooking is the key to eating well.
“The route to better nutrition goes directly through the kitchen,” she said. “Families who shop together, cook together, and eat together are healthier, period.”
Sampson, who lives in Watertown, is a James Beard Award nominated author of 20 cookbooks and a contributor to Food and Wine, Bon Appetit and The Boston Globe.
“The route to better nutrition goes directly through the kitchen,” she said. “Families who shop together, cook together, and eat together are healthier, period.”
Sampson, who lives in Watertown, is a James Beard Award nominated author of 20 cookbooks and a contributor to Food and Wine, Bon Appetit and The Boston Globe.
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