Local Cookbook Author Being Honored at Boston’s Readable Feast

Nestled on Belmont Street, sits an innovative nonprofit that, if your family doesn’t already know about, it will be happy to discover. ChopChop Family is an organization with a focused mission: to enrich the lives of families by inspiring and teaching them to cook and eat real food together while having fun and learning essential skills for a full life.

This inspiring mission is achieved every day through the publication of three print cooking magazines (ChopChop, Seasoned, and Sprout), local cooking classes held in the ChopChop Test Kitchen, interdisciplinary teacher curricula, and digital media (a cooking club app, various social channels, their website, and more).

The bright and colorful Test Kitchen provides a safe, hands-on environment for educating local families about cooking and eating. It is a modern, 820-square-foot space used not only for testing out magazine recipes and holding photos shoots but also for avant-garde cooking classes for kids and families. What sets these classes apart? The instructors focus on fresh, nutritious ingredients to teach students the fundamental cooking skills they need to make delicious food. Each hands-on class is paired with a fun theme and incorporates academic and life skills within the curriculum.

Founder Sally Sampson started ChopChop Family in 2010. Sampson is the author and coauthor of 23 cookbooks, including ChopChop: The Kids Guide to Cooking Real Food with Your Family, The Olives Table (with Chef Todd English), and The Fifty Dollar Dinner Party. She was also a contributor to the New York Times’ Motherlode Blog with her Picky Eater Project. She has contributed to Bon Appetit, Food and Wine, The Boston Globe, and Cooks Illustrated, among others and previously owned From the Night Kitchen, a café in Brookline Village.

On Thursday, June 13, Sampson will be receiving a lifetime culinary achievement award at New England’s Readable Feast Festival. The gala celebrates New England culinary books, food writing, and cookbook authors. Join ChopChop Family in congratulating Sampson and the impressive work she has done in the world of food and health.

If you have questions or would like more information about ChopChop Family, call or email the team at 617-924-3993 and info@chopchopfamily.org.