On Tuesday, February 25th the BEETS (Band of Environmentally Educated and Employable Teens) had a great discussion about sodas and sugar. We guessed how much sugar was in various sodas and were...
Category: Cooking Class
Say “Cheese” Please!
On Monday, February 10, 2014 the Seed-to-Mouth afterschool cooking class at Hayward Rec Center on Laguna Street in San Francisco made Ricotta Cheese. The youth began by de-stemming oregano and...
Miso Soup for the Masses!
On Monday January 27, 2014 CommunityGrows led the after-school youth at Hayward Rec Center in San Francisco through the paces to make a hearty miso soup. They stemmed and chopped kale, cut up...
Gingerbread and Whipped Cream!
On Monday, December 9, 2013 the after-school youth at Hayward Rec Center on Laguna Street in San Francisco, got to make a holiday treat: Gingerbread! Gingerbread from scratch! It was a long...
Dinosaur Kale and Happy Tummies
On Monday, October 21st, the Hayward RecConnect-San Francisco kids devoted themselves to ripping stems from Dinosaur Kale and chopping the leaves into small pieces. They cut onions, zucchini and...
Umm Umm Good!
Friday, August 2,2013 CommunityGrows staff Adrian Gaino, assisted by volunteer Akiko Fujii and Jah'Torri Bettis of the African American Arts and Culture Center (AAACC) lead a group of enthusiastic...
Veggie Pizza with Hayward Rec Summer Program
CommunityGrows Summer Program is well underway with cooking at Hayward Recreation Center. On Monday, June 17th, pizza was on the menu. Adrian Almquist led the group in making the dough for the...
Cooking with the San Francisco Foundation
Today, Monday, April 8, 2013, our Seed to Mouth Cooking Class of CommunityGrows had three visitors from the San Francisco Foundation. Mark Cloutier, Program Director, Shalini Iyer, Community...
Three Bean Salad
Thanks to grants from Kaiser-Permanente and the YMCA, CommunityGrows has been able to expand our Seed to Mouth Cooking Classes at Hayward Recreation Center, as well as with the Western Addition...
Cornbread and Salad to end the Year!
On Monday December 17th our Seed to Mouth Cooking Class had its last class of the year--cornbread and salad. After reviewing the rules of the class and washing hands, the kids helped Adrian...