Food & Drink Badge
TO EARN YOUR BADGE, CHOOSE ANY COMBINATION OF ACTIVITIES AND FILL OUT THE BADGE FORM
Online Diversions
Deliciousness ahead!
- Explore cooking on the library’s Activity Finder
- Make a "Crafty Paper Picnic"; Miss Kim gives you step-by-step instructions using basic art supplies. YouTube
- Take “A Seat at the Table: A Journey into Jewish Food,” a free online course from Yivo Institute; free through the end of the year. SIGN UP
- Catch an episode of “Cooking Together,” daily at 12 PM CT, on DELISH INSTAGRAM
- Watch an episode of “Cooking with Kids” on PBS
- Stream a favorite cooking show when you log in to hoopla or Kanopy with your library card The Great British Baking Show Great Courses: Rediscovering the Lost Art of Cooking Great Courses: Cooking with Vegetables OTHER COOKING SHOWS
Offline Adventures
What can you cook up?
- Try a recipe from a cooking magazine on Flipster
- Take it outside: Enjoy a meal on your balcony, porch, or patio, or in your yard.
- Decorate cupcakes, cake, or your favorite dessert; it’s all in the finishing touches.
- Make a donation to the Vernon Township Food Pantry to help neighbors in need: drop off pantry goods 9 AM–1 PM Monday–Friday, at the township offices, 3050 N. Main St., Buffalo Grove. Most-needed items
Suggested Reading
Read for fun ~ read for good!
- Three reading recommendations about Food in just about four minutes: book break
- Recommended: Books with Bite or Travel for Your Taste buds
- Cookbooks: cloudLibrary hoopla
- Cooking magazines: Flipster
- Nonfiction e-books and audiobooks about cooking & food: Libby/OverDrive
- Teen fiction about cooking & food: cloudLibrary hoopla
- Teen nonfiction about cooking & food: hoopla
All reading counts! You do not have to read about food or drinks. Listening to audiobooks counts, too, of course.
CLAIM YOUR BADGE
At the end of the week, submit your activities and reading minutes. Complete one form for each participant. Deadline for raffle entry: Wednesday, August 5, at 12 PM CDT.
Print a Tracking sheet
Download a printable PDF to help keep track of the badges you've earned and the number of minutes you've read.
This Is Just to Say
I have eaten
the plums
that were in
the icebox
and which
you were probably
saving
for breakfast
Forgive me
they were delicious
so sweet
and so cold
–William Carlos Williams
I have eaten
the plums
that were in
the icebox
and which
you were probably
saving
for breakfast
Forgive me
they were delicious
so sweet
and so cold
–William Carlos Williams