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Lori Hinze, professional educator with over 15 years of classroom instructional experience, professional program and curriculum development and educational leadership, has earned recognition for her unique expertise and contribution to education. As a former elementary and middle school teacher, a 2007 recipient of Wal-Mart’s Teacher of the Year and graduate of The International Culinary Center, New York City, Lori brings a professional background of combined expertise and experience in education and the culinary arts. Lori uses cooking as a platform for teaching food literacy, academic reinforcement, boosting self-confidence, life skills and social skills in children to help the next generation live healthy lives through hands-on educational programming.
Currently, Lori works as an Educational Consultant, Instructional Coach, Public Speaker and Founder and Executive Director of CookLearnGrow based in Austin, TX. read more...
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Summer in December?
You may be thinking about your Christmas wish list, or your Hanukkah wish list, but I am thinking about Summer 2012. What’s happening then? Summer Cooking Camp! The theme …»» Continue Reading
Introducing…
Samantha. Not just any Samantha, but Samantha Sizemore! Today she debuts her first food blog post here; her topic? Rice. Glorious, healthy, sustainable, rice. I am so excited to have …»» Continue Reading
Family Meal Time Help: Put it on the calendar
From time to time, I get questions related to menu planning. Most often, the questions are from busy moms who really want to cook but have a jam packed calendar …»» Continue Reading
Family Fun: Chocolate Truffles
Last week we celebrated foods from Pennsylvania honoring US Constitution Day. We started with Philly Cheesesteak Sandwiches and finished with Hershey, PA Truffles. Truffles are a fun recipe to …»» Continue Reading
“We the Kids” celebrated a piece of paper with beef and chocolate
The cooking class started with a US map and the questions: “Do you know why Pennsylvania is famous? Do you know what famous piece of paper was written and signed …»» Continue Reading
Secrets…shhh, don’t tell anyone. (a repost)
The Secret is out: Eat to lose weight. About Me: I am not a nutritionist. I’m a teacher…and a career changer to a trained chef with less than 5 years …»» Continue Reading
Look what happened last night.
Awhile back, Becky and I were trying to figure out what to do for Mary’s birthday. Mary is very fond of Gone With The Wind. She even has a parlor …»» Continue Reading
My day yesterday
It started off with me tackling my never-ending to-do list. So I psyched myself up to deal with receipts, go to “the office” (a corner of my bedroom), look at …»» Continue Reading
Summer Big City Visit to Lala’s
we anticipated, we admired our girly-girly toes we read, we cooked, we climbed, we made it to the top!, we played with the water, peek-a-boo, the water played with us, …»» Continue Reading
Dakota Carr, Mikey and Pie
The other day I was working on the menu for my restaurant. Well, not my real restaurant, the one I have in my head. I’d be crazy to open a …»» Continue Reading