Food, Culture, and You: Cooking Demo and Writing Workshop - Session 2

This three-part program series explores the deep connection between food, culture, and personal memory. Each session features a unique theme, a cooking demo, and creative writing prompts to help participants explore their own food stories. Participation in each session is not required but is welcome.

Theme: The Taste of Travel

Food is a powerful way to experience a new culture. This session focuses on how shared meals and local ingredients teach us about a place and its people. We'll discuss how food acts as a universal language, allowing us to connect with others even when we don't speak the same language. We'll explore how dishes evolve as they travel and are adapted by different cultures.

Seating is first come, first served.

You may register to receive reminders(optional).

Session 1: Northside Library - Saturday, Nov. 1 from 1-3 p.m.

Session 3: Central Park Library - Saturday, Jan. 16 from 1-3 p.m.

Presented in partnership with .

About the NEA Big Read: The National Endowment for the Arts Big Read—a partnership with Arts Midwest—broadens our understanding of ourselves and our neighbors through the power of a shared reading experience. The goals of the NEA Big Read are to inspire meaningful conversations, celebrate local creativity, elevate a wide variety of voices and perspectives, and build stronger connections in each community.

NEA Big Read is a program of the in partnership with . Special thanks to for facilitating this grant.

Your attendance at this program grants permission to the City of Santa Clara to take your photograph and/or your child's photograph for marketing purposes.

Host or Publisher Santa Clara City Library