Cooking as a First Language

Cooking as a First Language

The Lisa Show

Cooking as a First Language and Toxic Positivity

Episode: Cooking as a First Language and Toxic Positivity

  • Nov 24, 2021 1:00 pm
  • 16:44 mins

Food is unifying. It brings friends and families together at dinner time and for the holidays. But it can also bring whole communities together and help us connect with people from different cultural backgrounds or from countries who speak different languages. And as America continues to bring in people from all over the world, knowing how to make these connections is becoming more important. Our next guest recognized the power of food as something we can use to find common ground with people in our community. Lauren McElwain is the founder of Cooking as A First Language, a cooking class she started to help people connect with those from different backgrounds.