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Cooking with Senses For Students with Visual Impairments

November 05, 2016 - November 06, 2016 @ 12:00 am - 12:00 am

Location

The Chicago Lighthouse Vision Rehabilitation Center (The Chicago Lighthouse North)

Waukegan Road

Glenview, IL 60025

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Description

Learn practical culinary principles that can create a foundation for a life of nutritious eating and memories. This will be a beginning step to a world of food options and benefits that transpire far beyond the stove. We will learn to incorporate ingredients by adapting to your personal senses, and culinary techniques that will provide a cooking platform for daily life. Learn what you can really do with food, and more importantly what food can do for you!

Event Cost: Free

Event times: 10 a.m.-3 p.m.

Additional Information

Age recommendation: Teens

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