Descrptive essay on cooking with my family​

Show MoreFamily Cooking Night The community group I visited was called Family Cooking Night. The event was hosted by Baptist Health of South Florida and Florida Introduces Physical Activity and Nutrition to Youth (FLIPANY). Baptist Health hosted a 6-month series event called My Optimal Wellness, through their Nutrition and Community Wellness department, Family Cooking Night was the last event of the series. It took place at a local YMCA in the Weston area, it was free of charge and opened to YMCA members and non-members. The purpose of this event was to help inspire families to prepare nutritious and tasty meals that were quick and simple to prepare. The event included an interactive chef-led demonstration and food facts from a registered dietician. A health screening was …show more content…

She showed the My Plate and explained how one can incorporate all the food groups into one meal. In order to get the audience’s participation, she asked what popular food do their kids usually ask for and how can they fit the food groups into that specific food. The popular food among their children was pizza. Using the My Plate together we provided different ideas on how to make a pizza healthier by using whole-grain flour for the dough and using low-fat cheese. The lecture was about 20 minutes long and was followed by the demonstration part with Chef Jennifer Da Silva where she demonstrates a recipe that incorporated the food groups discussed. The recipe she prepared was called “Festive Hearty Salad” she explained each ingredient that was going into the salad; the name, how it’s best prepared and proper storage. Participants were also encouraged to ask her questions as she was preparing the dish, one of the questions asked was how the dish can be modified for vegetarian or kosher she gave tips on how one can change the dish to accommodate to their specific diet. All who tried it said they liked it and would attempt to make it at

what: when quoting a source, use the author’s words verbatim, or word-for-word. this means you shouldn’t change any grammar, punctuation, spelling, etc. put quotations around the words to tell your reader where the quote begins and where it ends.

you also need to acknowledge the author. for example, if using mla format for your research paper, you should have in-text citations with the author’s name and page number listed at the end of each quote.

when: use quotations to provide concrete examples to support your claims. using direct quotations is a great way to build your credibility on the subject. it’s also a good idea to quote your source when the author states things in a powerful way. if you think he or she said it best, then use the exact words to share the ideas.

example: in the short story “a jury of her peers”, mrs. hale compares mrs. wright to her caged bird, saying “she—come to think of it, she was kind of like a bird herself. real sweet and pretty, but kind of timid and—fluttery. how—she—did—change” (glaspell).

paraphrasing

what: paraphrasing differs from quoting because you restate the passage in your own words. since you don’t use the author’s words, you don’t need to use quotation marks. however, you still need to acknowledge the author for his or her ideas.

when paraphrasing a text, you should communicate the full meaning of the text; don’t change the meaning. it can be a condensed version of the text, or it could end up being longer than the source it’s paraphrasing.

when: you use paraphrasing when you take notes, or explain a chart or diagram to someone. paraphrasing highlight the important parts of a larger text. it also allows you to simplify the ideas for your readers.

example:

original: “it was no ordinary thing that called her away–it was probably further from ordinary than anything that had ever happened in dickson county. but what her eye took in was that her kitchen was in no shape for leaving: her bread all ready for mixing, half the flour sifted and half unsifted” (glaspell).

paraphrase: as mrs. hales walks around mrs. wright’s home, she notices that the kitchen is in disarray as if she was in the middle of baking bread (glaspell).

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