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Books & Cooks Event Highlights Importance of Fresh Food

 

The Camden County Library’s showcase event for its Books & Cooks project attracted over 70 people to the Riletta R. Cream Ferry Ave. Branch Library on November 5. At the event, food author and registered dietitian, Stacey Antine from FoodBarnUSA, discussed the importance of getting, preparing and eating fresh, whole vegetables, fruits, and other foods.

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Registered dietitian Stacey Antine with one of her young helpers shows an Egyptian onion taken from HealthBarnUSA’s organic teaching garden. Antine prepared a harvest wheat berry salad before the audience at the Camden County Library’s Books & Cooks showcase event. (Camden County Library photo by Mark Amorosi).

In addition to preparing an easy harvest wheat berry salad before the audience of all ages, Antine explained the importance of reading nutrition labels on packaged food and what ingredients consumers should avoid for a healthy diet.

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Younger members of the audience pay keen attention as Stacey Antine demonstrates a recipe for a harvest wheat berry salad at the Camden County Library’s Ferry Ave. branch for its Books & Cooks showcase event. (Camden County Library Photo by Mark Amorosi)

Next Event

The next Books & Cooks event in Camden is a Supermarket Tour of the Price Rite on Mt. Ephraim Ave. on November 12 at 10:00 a.m and Antine will conduct the tour.