((PKG)) EDIBLE ALPHABET
((Banner: Edible Alphabet))
((Reporter/Camera: June Soh))
((Adapted by: Zdenko Novacki))
((Map: United States / Philadelphia, Pennsylvania))
((NATS OF PARTICIPANTS))
"I am from Iran." "Taiwan", "From Indonesia", "From Iran", "From Brazil", "I am from France."
((LIZ FITZGERALD, PROGRAM DIRECTOR, FREE LIBRARY OF PHILADELPHIA))
Edible Alphabet is one of the Culinary Literacy Center’s programs. And what we are doing at Edible Alphabet is we are teaching our students English through cooking.
((YUCHEN LIOU, ENGLISH INSTRUCTOR))
And for B, the first picture is someone is mixing ingredients. So, you need to describe the picture to your partner.
((LIZ FITZGERALD, PROGRAM DIRECTOR, FREE LIBRARY OF PHILADELPHIA))
Each week, the students are learning English through a recipe, and they're learning the names of ingredients. They're learning where to buy the ingredients. They're learning how to navigate a grocery store.
((JAMESON O'DONNELL, CHEF INSTRUCTOR))
We choose our recipes for this class to give our students an idea of what American cuisine and cooking is all about. For example, we choose a lesson on pancakes and use that as a springboard to talk about American breakfast traditions. We also like to hear from the students about what they eat for breakfast in their home countries. And then we talk about what they might expect to find in an American restaurant or in a supermarket when they go looking for breakfast foods.
((PARASTOO KHAVAR, FROM IRAN))
I like this class very much because it was fun for me and was more useful than other classes.
((LIZ FITZGERALD, PROGRAM DIRECTOR, FREE LIBRARY OF PHILADELPHIA))
Our students are also sharing that they feel more comfortable in Philadelphia. That's been some feedback that we've gotten that after being in our class, that Philadelphia seems to be a friendlier place. And that to me is, it's just beautiful. It's a real big part of why we're doing this in the first place.
((JAMESON O'DONNELL, CHEF INSTRUCTOR))
I think this class gives our students the cultural literacy that they need to feel comfortable in their new home. When you are moving to a new country, many things will seem strange and unusual to you. And this class seeks to familiarize those elements.
