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\\u201cWhen you think of literacy and you think of what does that mean and what are all the parts of it\\u2013 think about reading a recipe. Think about measuring the ingredients. Think about learning how to cook.\\xa0 Think about planning a meal, or budgeting for that meal.There are so many things\\xa0that are learning-through-play, learning-through-doing-it, in a teaching kitchen. That\\u2019s the reason\\xa0 why we call it a teaching kitchen. It really is about learning literacy as well as some skills that are very specific to cooking.\\u201d

This week on the show, conversations with an architect, a library director and the head of a food pantry about how a teaching kitchen found its way into a public library and what it means for the community.