Guest guest Posted April 13, 2010 Report Share Posted April 13, 2010 I am going to do a little food demonstration at our church to encourage people to give plant-based foods a try and will provide small samples for people to taste. I haven't been to any recipe demo/food sampling events before and was wondering if I should let people try the sample first before demonstrating the recipe or vice versa. I was wondering if people would have a bias towards a certain food if they knew what it contained before trying it! What would be your preference? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 13, 2010 Report Share Posted April 13, 2010 I've been teaching plant-based cooking for 4 years and I always sample the food after (they taste what I make in the class). This has never been a problem.. Most people love the food. You may want to talk about the reasons for plant-based eating or show a video.. The Cancer Project has a great DVD. You could so the first one " Introduction to How Foods Fight Cancer. " It features Dr. Neal Barnard and he does an outstanding job of explaining things -- changes people's taste buds!!! There are also cooking demos on the video after each lecture -- very fun to watch! Good luck! Tracy Tracy Childs Food For Life Cooking Instructor San Diego County The Cancer Project http://www.cancerproject.org Physician's Committee for Responsible Medicine http://www.pcrm.org/diabetes tracychilds To view all of the current Food for Life Cooking and Nutrition Class locations, please visit http://www.cancerproject.org/classes To view The Cancer Project's delicious recipes, please visit http://www.cancerproject.org/recipes To view health and nutrition information as well as use a personal meal planner, please visit http://www.nutritionmd.org/index.html The Cancer Project promotes cancer prevention and survival through a better understanding of cancer causes, particularly the link between nutrition and cancer. Through research, education, and advocacy, we are saving lives. On Apr 13, 2010, at 12:10 PM, <admartin5 wrote: > I am going to do a little food demonstration at our church to encourage people to give plant-based foods a try and will provide small samples for people to taste. > > I haven't been to any recipe demo/food sampling events before and was wondering if I should let people try the sample first before demonstrating the recipe or vice versa. > > I was wondering if people would have a bias towards a certain food if they knew what it contained before trying it! > > What would be your preference? > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 14, 2010 Report Share Posted April 14, 2010 I also teach cooking classes. I cook or have them help cook something with me and they eat after, but I've also done it where I have the item pre-made so they can try it while I am cooking. Both worked. My classes are really diverse (people who are vegan to people who are just learning the word) so I started doing something where I bring in normal everyday foods and/or a list of normal everyday foods which most people have eaten before which happen to be vegan. I do this with kids too so they can realize that most people have eaten SOMETHING vegan before and not even known it was vegan. This REALLY helps the people new to the concept of vegan food, not just vegan cooking. With kids it helps them understand that " vegan " doesn't mean a certain taste. We've had kids who were scared to eat this or that (a peanut butter and jelly sandwich, a cookie, an apple, etc.) because since my kids were eating the food it was " vegan " . (I had a coworker 15 years ago who was like this about organic foods. I was vegan then too, but what scared her was the word organic on my raisins I kept at my desk. She refused to eat anything labeled as organic. It is so interesting what will set people off.) Back to kids or reluctant adults...when I do a fun game with them to think of how many things they eat on a regular basis (sometimes it is just fruits and or nuts, but at least it is something) which is vegan and they enjoy it. This opens up the door for some kids to then try foods they would normally have meat/cheese with (pizza for example) and try the vegan version. Linda My vegan blog: http://veganlinda.blogspot.com/ My vegan store: http://triballife.net/ http://triballifeinc.blogspot.com/ My carfree living blog: http://cucarfree.blogspot.com/ Our veg*n radio show: http://fftradio.blogspot.com/ ________________________________ Tracy Childs <tracychilds Tue, April 13, 2010 2:43:13 PM Re: Sampling at Vegan Cooking Class I've been teaching plant-based cooking for 4 years and I always sample the food after (they taste what I make in the class). This has never been a problem.. Most people love the food. You may want to talk about the reasons for plant-based eating or show a video.. The Cancer Project has a great DVD. You could so the first one " Introduction to How Foods Fight Cancer. " It features Dr. Neal Barnard and he does an outstanding job of explaining things -- changes people's taste buds!!! There are also cooking demos on the video after each lecture -- very fun to watch! Good luck! Tracy Tracy Childs Food For Life Cooking Instructor San Diego County The Cancer Project http://www.cancerpr oject.org Physician's Committee for Responsible Medicine http://www.pcrm. org/diabetes tracychilds@ cox.net To view all of the current Food for Life Cooking and Nutrition Class locations, please visit http://www.cancerpr oject.org/ classes To view The Cancer Project's delicious recipes, please visit http://www.cancerpr oject.org/ recipes To view health and nutrition information as well as use a personal meal planner, please visit http://www.nutritio nmd.org/index. html The Cancer Project promotes cancer prevention and survival through a better understanding of cancer causes, particularly the link between nutrition and cancer. Through research, education, and advocacy, we are saving lives. On Apr 13, 2010, at 12:10 PM, <admartin5@embarqmai l.com> wrote: > I am going to do a little food demonstration at our church to encourage people to give plant-based foods a try and will provide small samples for people to taste. > > I haven't been to any recipe demo/food sampling events before and was wondering if I should let people try the sample first before demonstrating the recipe or vice versa. > > I was wondering if people would have a bias towards a certain food if they knew what it contained before trying it! > > What would be your preference? > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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