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Mrs. Karavias from Houston, TX is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Serving Up Diverse Books for Aspiring Chefs

Help me give my students books about food heroes who look like them.

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My Project

First course in my culinary class is to cultivate, literate well-rounded chef scholars. In Culinary Arts, we READ to feed our minds and nourish our souls. Through this project, we will be able to feed our insatiable appetite to connect with a diverse group of groundbreaking culinary heroes and culturally relevant food stories from delectable books.

I have inquisitive chef scholars, who are hungry to learn more about chefs who look like them, as well as discover cuisines reminding them of their culture as well as others.

Adding delicious literature including stories and biographies on the likes of Chefs Edna Lewis and Julia Child, Farm Activists Cesar Chavez and Delores Huerta, to America's first classically French-trained chef--slave to Thomas Jefferson, Chef James Hemings, will provide a glimpse into the lives of food revolutionaries who made a huge impact on the American culinary landscape.

Mrs. Karavias Gregory - Lincoln Education Center Grades 6-8

Celebrate Black teachers and kids! This project supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of students are Black.

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At this school, more than 50% of students are Black, Latino, and/or Native American, and more than 50% come from low-income households. Learn how your donation to this school supports a more equitable education.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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Nearly all students from low‑income households Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education. Learn more

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Who Was Julia Child? • Amazon Business $5.99 30 $179.70
Lights, Camera, Cook! (Next Best Junior Chef, 1) • Amazon Business $5.91 30 $177.30
Jefferson's Chef - James Hemings From Slavery to Freedom • Amazon Business $22.95 1 $22.95
Chef Edna: Queen of Southern Cooking, Edna Lewis • Amazon Business $18.99 1 $18.99
No Small Potatoes: Junius G. Groves and His Kingdom in Kansas • Amazon Business $17.99 1 $17.99
Teatime Around the World (Waissbluth, Denyse) • Amazon Business $17.95 1 $17.95
Little Seeds of Promise • Amazon Business $15.99 1 $15.99
Magic Ramen: The Story of Momofuku Ando • Amazon Business $15.99 1 $15.99
Sweet Justice: Georgia Gilmore and the Montgomery Bus Boycott • Amazon Business $15.32 1 $15.32
Lailah's Lunchbox: A Ramadan Story • Amazon Business $14.99 1 $14.99
Alice Waters Cooks Up a Food Revolution • Amazon Business $14.99 1 $14.99
Niki Nakayama: A Chef's Tale in 13 Bites • Amazon Business $13.99 1 $13.99
Harvesting Hope: The Story of Cesar Chavez • Amazon Business $12.99 1 $12.99
A Place At The Table • Amazon Business $12.19 1 $12.19
Dolores Huerta: A Hero to Migrant Workers • Amazon Business $10.99 1 $10.99
Pies from Nowhere: How Georgia Gilmore Sustained the Montgomery Bus Boycott • Amazon Business $10.78 1 $10.78
Stef Soto, Taco Queen • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99

Materials cost

$580.09

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$8.70

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$618.79

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$109.20

Total project goal

$727.99

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $727.99

3 Donors

-$727.99

Donations toward project cost

-$618.79

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$109.20

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