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Articles about Worth Our
Weight
Worth
Our Weight!, founded in 2003 in Sonoma
County , is the brainchild of Evelyn
Cheatham, chef, restaurant proprietor and
culinary visionary. WOW! is an exemplary
new youth program, designed to get
at-risk teens cooking.
A
comprehensive food service training
program for teens, Worth Our Weight!
(WOW!) will teach cooking fundamentals in
a supportive, hands-on culinary
environment. Students enrolled in WOW!
will experience the art of cooking from
leading chefs and caterers, while
receiving guidance throughout the
nine-month semester from Marriage, Family
and Child Counselors.
Based
on a real-world practicum, students learn
through lab sessions, academics,
gardening, catering and all stations of
restaurant work-from dishwasher to sous
chef.
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Articles
About Worth Our
Weight
Recipe
for Hope
Evelyn
Cheatham is not just a chef and foodie,
but a portal to a world of cuisine for
students in her care
By
SUSAN SWARTZ
THE PRESS DEMOCRAT
When chef and teacher Evelyn Cheatham won two
dinners through a public-radio drawing at
high-end Cyrus Restaurant in Healdsburg, she
invited her friend Cathy Burgett. The two
professional foodies whooped it up "like Lucy
and Ethel," Burgett said, giddy to have someone
else pay for the extravagance.
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True
Food
When
the world thinks of the connection
between the land's bounty and those who
enjoy it most, the thought is of
Sonoma
By
SUSAN SWARTZ
THE PRESS DEMOCRAT
When
she was a little girl and wanted a snack,
chef and food educator Evelyn Cheatham
would go out back and pull up a carrot.
It was handy, satisfying, and better for
her than a cookie, according to her
mother, who kept a small vegetable plot
in San Francisco. Read
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A
holiday meal for everyone
60
volunteers spend days preparing,
delivering 400 free Christmas
dinners
By
JEREMY
HAY
THE PRESS DEMOCRAT
They
loaded their cars and vans, then drove
them away from Evelyn Cheatham's kitchen
into the steel gray light of Christmas
Day, bound for tables around Sonoma
County.
To
Petaluma and Sebastopol, Santa Rosa and
Sonoma they drove, bearing 400 gourmet
meals prepared by dozens of volunteers.
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