Cooking with Oldways
These virtual cooking demonstrations are designed to keep us connected and coming together. Hosted by Oldways in collaboration with Age-Friendly Boston and Friends of Armenian Heritage Park on The Greenway.
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Celebrating What Unites Us! Latin American Heritage Cooking with Oldways
May 29 at 10 AM ET
Register here for a Zoom webinar and cooking demonstration. Learn to prepare delicious recipes from the Latin American Heritage Diet -
Celebrating What Unites Us! Vegetarian Heritage Cooking with Oldways
June 5 at 10 AM ET
Register here for a Zoom webinar and cooking demonstration. Learn to prepare delicious recipes from the Vegetarian Diet
- Celebrating What Unites Us! Armenian Heritage Cooking with Oldways
June 12 at 10 AM ET
Register here for a Zoom webinar and cooking demonstration. Learn to prepare delicious Armenian recipes with Chef David Aleksanyan
- Celebrating What Unites Us! Moroccan Heritage Cooking with Oldways
June 19 at 10 AM ET
Register here for a Zoom webinar and cooking demonstration. Learn to prepare delicious Moroccan recipes with Chef Said El Mannaouy
Cooking Demos & Instruction
- Milk Street Online Cooking School
The cooking school’s line of on-demand online cooking classes is available for free. Check out classes like: - Kitchen Quarantine
Daily at 3PM EST
Italian chef Massimo Bottura broadcasts a live recipe each night from his home kitchen (pasta, Thai curry, chocolate sauce, and more). Watch live, or later on his Instagram page. - In Ayr’s Kitchen
Weekdays at 4PM EST
Clover Food Lab founder Ayr invites viewers into his home kitchen each afternoon for a recipe demo, like tomato soup, homemade bread, and chocolate chip cookies. Tune in live, or watch later on YouTube. - Fermentology Mini Seminars
Available on YouTube
Learn the basics of sourdough and the science of bread baking in this fascinating series. - Quarantine Quitchen & Pantry Raid
Check YouTube
Alton Brown posts regularly on YouTube with pantry-friendly recipe ideas, such as creative ways to use rice, and how to use what’s in your refrigerator before it goes bad. - London’s Borough Market
Check Facebook
The Borough Market in London is posting quarantine-friendly cooking tutortials to their Facebook group periodically. - Rick Bayless Kitchen Hangouts
Daily, 2PM EST
Chef Rick Bayless presents “kitchen hangouts” on Facebook live, demonstrating dishes inspired by Mexico, such as shrimp with garlic mojo, homemade tortillas, and more. - Ask Samin Anything
Live event has passed—watch here!
Cookbook author and Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat host Samin Nosrat answers cooking classes on Eater’s Instagram Live - Eater Book Club with Emma Straub
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Author Emma Straub reads and discusses her new book, All Adults Here, with Eater on Instagram Live - How to Make French Toast with Dominique Ansel
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French pastry chef Dominique Ansel will demonstrate how to make French toast with Eater on Instagram Live
Nutrition and Food Webinars & Online Courses
- Wheat Sensitivities: Sorting Fact From Fiction Webinar
Live event has passed—watch here!
In this webinar, attendees will learn about the differences between ancient, heritage and modern wheats and how they may impact immunoreactive compounds. This session will also explore which processing methods show promise with regards to wheat sensitivities and provide tips for producing healthy whole grain foods that people of all backgrounds and health concerns can enjoy. - Transforming Your Tastebuds: How to Make Whole Grains the Food You Crave Webinar
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In this webinar, we’ll share evidence-based techniques for making picky eaters a thing of the past, with a focus on how to apply these lessons to increase whole grain consumption across all age groups. -
Sourdough Bootcamp: How (and Why) to Create a Whole Grain Sourdough Starter… and What to Do with It
June 30, 3 PM ET
Whether you’ve been impacted by the shortage of yeast, or you find yourself spending more time at home and are interested in taking on some baking experiments, there has never been a better time to give sourdough baking a try. In this presentation, Dr. Erin McKenney, teaching faculty and Academic Coordinator for the department of Applied Ecology at North Carolina State University, will do a deep dive into the nutritional and microbial benefits of sourdough fermentation with a special focus on whole grains. Register here. -
Grain Home School
Wednesdays at 11 AM Live, or recorded on YouTube
Bakers and grain experts share their wisdom related to growing, milling, and baking with grains. Watch here. -
Science & Cooking: From Haute Cuisine to Soft Matter Science Online Course
Begins April 9, self-paced
This free course from Harvard University how everyday cooking and haute cuisine can illuminate basic principles in chemistry, physics, and engineering. -
Child Nutrition & Cooking Online Course
Begins April 6
This free course from Stanford University teaches what constitutes a healthy duet for children and how to prepare simple, delicious food and easy home-cooked meals. -
Stanford Introduction to Food and Health Online Course
Begins April 6
In this course, learners will be given the information and practical skills they need to begin optimizing the way they eat. -
Understanding How Cultural Diversity Influences Food Choices
Live event has passed
In this 20-minute webinar, Hartman Group CEO Laurie Demeritt will share key highlights from the Exploring the Diversity of American Foodways 2019 report. She will discuss key findings that build a more complete picture of what “American food” looks like now and will look like in the future by exploring the values, attitudes, and approaches to cooking, eating, and shopping behaviors of specific, typically underreported demographic groups. -
LIVE Interviews and Talks with Food Tank
Daily at 1 PM and 5 PM EST
Food Tank broadcasts live discussions about with experts from across the food system daily on YouTube and their social media platforms, plus posts them to FoodTank.com.
Connect & Socialize
- Build a Cheese Board for Dinner online social
Live event has passed
Buy a local or artisan cheese, make yourself a cheese board, and then tune in on Facebook Live with fellow cheese lovers and supporters. - Join Make Every Day Mediterranean, an online Facebook community
Ongoing
Ask questions, share advice, and swap healthy, delicious recipes with other who are interested in the Mediterranean Diet.