General Programming

Teaching Laboratory

• Visitors will gain hands on experience with the tools and methods involved in food production and preparation

Rooftop Garden

• Emphasis on school groups
• Children will learn about the process of growing food: different types of produce and soils, pros/cons of fertilizer and pesticides verses organic, etc...

Cooking Lessons with famous chefs/ chefs with various regional cooking backgrounds

• Could use produce from the Museum's rooftop garden

• Participants purchase a ticket
• Museum will hold a lottery for those who cannot afford to participate
• Possible guest chefs:
• Tom Colicchio/ Curtis Stone/ Wolfgang Puck/ Rachael Ray/ Paula Deen/ Emeril Lagasse

Taste-Test Tuesdays

• Third Tuesday of every month, provide samples and recipes that represent different states, regions or ethnic dishes
• Could correspond with the oral history project and Memory Food Bank

NYC Restaurant Guide

• The museum will work with food critics and chefs in and around New York City to create a comprehensive restaurant guide for Museum visitors
• The guide will include different ethnic restaurants and farmers' market locations, as well as locally grown, vegan, and organic dining options
• Lower East Side restaurant tours with museum staff