{"id":1502,"date":"2014-09-12T10:10:00","date_gmt":"2014-09-12T10:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bostonzest.com\/?p=1502"},"modified":"2014-09-12T10:10:00","modified_gmt":"2014-09-12T10:10:00","slug":"discussion-on-teaching-life-skills-like-cooking-our-friday-link","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/bostonzest.com\/?p=1502","title":{"rendered":"Discussion on Teaching Life Skills, Like Cooking \u2013 Our Friday Link"},"content":{"rendered":"

I had already clicked over to National Geographic to read their post, Bring Back Home Economics: Three Food Writers on Teaching People to Cook<\/a>, when I saw that one of the food writers taking part in this brainstorming session was Boston's own maven of many things food, Jacqueline Church. That gave the discussion great credibility. <\/p>\n

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Once upon a time, students at Boston schools learned life skills like cooking. The photo above,<\/a> from the Boston Public Library Collection, is of girls at the Everett School in th 1890s. (I loved the old home economics photos in the National Georgraphic piece, so I went hunting for some local versions.)<\/p>\n

Today, we have many adults who don't know how to feed themselves and resort to buying highly processed food and fast food that damages their health.<\/p>\n

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With each successive generation, fewer people have the skills these eight young women were gaining in the Boston Public Schools.<\/a> (Photo from the Boston Public Library Collection.)<\/p>\n

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Or, this group of boys identified as being part of "An experiment of Miss Fuller's: boys' cooking class."<\/a> (This is from the City of Boston Archives and is circa 1898-1899.)<\/p>\n

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Here's Jacqueline Church, a modern woman with a modern approach to teaching cooking skills. <\/h3>\n

If you cook, how did you learn? Are you a confident shopper? Are you feeding yourself in a way that is keeping you healthy or that addresses the health issues that concern you?<\/p>\n

If cooking and feeding yourself is a goal you'd like to set for yourself, consider consulting with a professional like Jacqueline. Here is a link to her site where she explains how you can gain Kitchen Confidence.<\/a> <\/p>\n

Just as you might want to consult with a personal trainer to learn proper exercise techniques to achieve your fitness goals, you can turn to a cooking coach to "learn the skills you'll use for a lifetime," as Jacqueline says.<\/p>\n

By the way, here is Jacqueline's own follow up post to the National Geographic conversation<\/a> with a cooking lesson!<\/p>\n

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