Teaching Kids How To Cook And Eat Healthy Food (With Fun!)

About this episode

The episode discusses the importance of food education for children and features guests from TABLE FOR TWO USA.

Our guests are Mayumi Uejima-Carr and Debra Samuels. Mayumi is the President of TABLE FOR TWO USA  https://usa.tablefor2.org/  and Debra leads the program content and curriculum development of TABLE FOR TWO USA’s Japanese-inspired food education program.    TABLE FOR TWO is a not-for-profit organization founded in Japan in 2007, initiated by the World Economic Forum's Young Global Leaders.  Now its activities have expanded globally and have helped so many people through unique programs. For example, TABLE FOR TWO has offered those in need in the world over 100 million meals so far.  Mayumi joined us in Episode #98 in October 2017 and talked about TABLE FOR TWO USA’s mission and its valuable programs.    In this episode, we will discuss TABLE FOR TWO USA’s Wa-Shokuiku programs, which aims to educate kids about healthy diet, the importance of food education and how different it is between Japan and the U.S., the new cookbook for children that Mayumi and Debra recently published titled  “Japanese Cooking with Kids: 50 Kid-Tested Recipes to Make Together!” , challenges educating children about food and much…

People in this episode

Guests: Mayumi Uejima-Carr, Debra Samuels

Topics covered

• food education
• healthy eating
• cooking for kids
• Japanese cuisine
• non-profit organizations
• cultural differences

Keywords

• healthy food
• cooking
• children
• TABLE FOR TWO
• Japanese cooking
• food education
• Wa-Shokuiku

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: TABLE FOR TWO USA, TABLE FOR TWO, World Economic Forum

Products: Japanese Cooking with Kids: 50 Kid-Tested Recipes to Make Together!

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