Healthy Cooking Expert to Speak in Newton

Thu 30 Jan, 6:30 pm. Leventhal-Sidman Jewish Community Center, 333 Nahanton Street, Newton, 02459. JCCs of Greater Boston, 617-965-5226. $12. Jewish Community Centers of Greater Boston - [website][email][events]

Cookbook author Katie Workman will discuss her book, The Mom 100 Cookbook at the Leventhal-Sidman Jewish Community Center (333 Nahanton Street) in Newton on Thursday, January 30 at 6:30pm. Geared for novice cooks to experienced chefs, attendees will learn how to shop, what to prepare and whose recipes to follow. Joining the discussion, which will be moderated by food blogger, author (Well Cooked Life) and mom Emily Franklin, will be pediatric nutritionist Joanne Casplar and family educator Sarah Wilensky. Cooking demonstrations and recipe sharing will be included. Workman has been featured on The Today Show and Fox News, and in The New York Times, The Boston Globe, and Cooking Light Magazine, where her book was named one the best five weeknight cookbooks