Event

The Founding Foods - Cooking Class for Kids!

Celebrate Independence Day exploring the lives and dining habits of colonial America, with an emphasis on George Washington, Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson. Then head to the ArtBites Pop-up kitchen - a 5 minute drive from the museum - to prepare and enjoy a meal fit for our founding fathers!

Menu may include:
Sweet Corn and Apple Salad
Fancy Hot Dogs
Macaroni and Cheese from Scratch
Vanilla Milkshakes

Ages 7 to 12. Class is limited to 6 children and one accompanying adult per child. No drop off.

Please note that though this class meets at LACMA is it not LACMA organized.

ABOUT ARTBITES:
Maite Gomez-Rejon has a BFA from the University of Texas at Austin, an MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and a Grande Diplome from the French Culinary Institute in New York City. Since 1995 Maite has worked in the education departments of such renowned museums as the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Museum of Modern Art and the Getty Villa and has worked as a private chef and caterer. In 2007, Maite founded ArtBites, art and culinary history combined with hands-on cooking instruction, which she teaches at museums across the country. Maite has been a guest on the Today Show, featured in Food & Wine magazine and interviewed on NPR's Splendid Table. Her blog, Cooking Art History, appears in The Huffington Post.