YUM-O! empowers kids and their families to develop healthy relationships with food and cooking.
There are even veggies in the crust of this whole new way to make pizza!
Serves 4
Fresh roasted tomatoes and your favorite toppings give this Mexican-inspired tomato soup tons of flavor and crunch. You can use vegetable broth to make this soup vegetarian.
Serves 4
This sweet and sassy Asian-flavored chicken stir fry with broccolini and rice is a great all-in-one meal.
Serves 4
Combine sensational summer tomatoes with mozzarella, onions and fresh herbs for this classic salad.
Serves 4
The kitchen is an incredible place to learn, grow and build confidence. Cooking and eating brings families and friends together and builds memories that last a lifetime. Here we like to feature stories of friends who have shared their happy memories with us.
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(New York, NY) — On May 13, 2010, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and Rachael Ray announced a series of initiatives to help New York City’s youth eat healthier and understand where their food comes from. The new programs, supported by Rachael Ray and her Yum-o! organization, will help schools build a garden or connect them to an existing garden and provide cooking and nutrition instruction to young New Yorkers...
Rachael Ray and the Yum-o! team recently visited Frankford High School in Philadelphia, PA to meet with Wilma Stephenson and her hardworking culinary students in Room 325. Surprising 10 students with culinary scholarships was not the only surprise Rachael had in store. Check out these video clips from the Rachael Ray show to learn more!
A core part of Yum-o!'s mission is helping kids reach their food-related career goals by funding culinary school scholarships. Applications for the 2010 scholarships will be due this spring, so be on the lookout for more information!
For some inspiration, we checked in with Aria Anastasio, a 2008 scholarship recipient who attended the French Culinary Institute (FCI). After working at Marisol at the Cliffs in Pismo Beach, CA upon graduation, Aria currently works at the Cass House in Cayucos, CA while setting her sights on her ultimate dream of opening two cake shops, one on each coast!
Writer T.W. Barritt recently featured Yum-o!'s Director, Andrew Kaplan, in his Culinary Types blog, which chronicles his day-to-day encounters with all things edible and the extraordinary people who grow, prepare, study, celebrate and eat food. In Barritt's interview with Andrew, he captures the inspiration and vision for Yum-o! and his commitment to the heart of Yum-o!'s mission: getting kids involved in the kitchen...
For the second year in a row, Yum-o! enlisted the help of the Rachael Ray studio audience to support one of our core work areas: feeding hungry kids and raising awareness about the issue of hunger in America.
Click on the picture of the almonds for more snack ideas!
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