Daily Archives: October 20, 2011

Monday, October 24, 7:00 pm – The Tarball Chronicles

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David Gessner eats, drinks, and talks his way into the heart of Gulf country, exploring the region’s birds, sea life, and ecosystems with the oceanographers, activists, and subsistence fishermen who call it home. Part absurdist travelogue, part manifesto, The Tarball Chronicles is overall a love song for the Gulf that asks one simple question: how much are we willing to sacrifice to keep living the way we do? Hear him speak at Porter Square Books, 25 White Street in Cambridge on Monday, October 24, beginning at 7 pm.

Gessner has written eight books and numerous essays about the wild world. He has been redefining what it means to write about nature for the last twenty years. He is the winner of a John Burroughs Award and has been selected for publication in The Best American Nonrequired Reading. He founded the journal Ecotone and also published My Green Manifesto: Down the Charles River in Pursuit of a New Environmentalism in 2011. This event is free and open to the public, but please rsvp to ellen@portersquarebooks.com, or call 617-491-2220.

Monday, October 24, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm – Cooking Matters New Volunteer Training

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Share Our Strength’s Cooking Matters, nationally sponsored by the ConAgra Foods® Foundation and WalMart Foundation, is a groundbreaking nutrition education program that connects families with food by teaching them how to prepare healthy, tasty low-cost meals. Chefs and nutritionists volunteer their time and expertise to lead hands-on courses that instruct adults, teens and kids in getting the most nutrition on of a limited budget. Cooking Matters has reached more than 45,000 families across the country since 1993. For more information, visit www.cookingmatters.org/mass. We are always looking for cooking and nutrition instructors to teach our multi-session class series. Volunteer chefs work in partnership with nutritionists, using the lesson plans and recipes for each class provided in an established curriculum. Classes meet for two hours once a week for six weeks. Cooking Matters provides all materials needed for class, including curricula, cooking and teaching supplies, kitchen, and support staff. To learn more, call 617-774-1324 or email mdelgizzi@strength.org.  They host  New Volunteer Trainings at least once a month, with  two conveniently-located training sessions coming up, and are a three-minute walk from the No. Quincy T on the Red Line.