Flyer for the first event in the Common Ground Workshop series, a collaborative program introduced in Spring 2016 by Raíces EcoCulture in partnership with Chef Enrique Pérez of Elijah's Promise.
Chef Enrique Pérez presenting his first workshop of the Common Ground program series which he developed and held collaboratively with Raíces throughout 2016.
In 2016, Chef Enrique Pérez collaborated with Raíces EcoCulture to give a series of free cooking and kitchen skills workshops for the community. Topics included nutrition, knife skills, healthy cooking and food security. In this photograph, Enrique…
Chef Enrique Pérez dressing a salad during a cooking demonstration at the first Common Ground collaborative EcoCulture workshop, held at the George Street Co-op in New Brunswick, New Jersey.
Program participant Linda Powell grating cheese for a salad at the first Common Ground workshop held April 23, 2016. Workshops included cooking demonstrations and a hands-on, participatory component.
Chef Enrique Pérez cutting a cabbage for use in a fresh slaw style salad during his cooking demonstration at the April 23, 2016 Common Ground workshop.
Chef Enrique Pérez demonstrates knife safety and skills while chopping cilantro to include in his Common Ground cooking demonstration on salads and homemade salad dressings.
Renu Jagasia, Common Ground program participant, gives the "a-ok" signal after taste testing the salads made during the kick off Common Ground workshop.
Participants watch as Chef Enrique Pérez demonstrates how to make a fresh salad dressing at the kickoff Common Ground Workshop held at the George Street Co-op on April 23, 2016.
Raíces co-founders and co-Directors Francisco G. Gómez and Nicole Wines with the youngest program participant at the first Common Ground workshop held April 23, 2016, who attended specifically to learn how to make homemade vegan salads and salad…