Our teens’ internship at Philmont studied how to make a complete product from start to finish. For their independent study, they worked on a marketing campaign to understand how to…
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With the end of summer nearing, our teen instructors are finishing teaching their last summer class. Now while summer teaching proved to be a great challenge it was also not…
Teen students from Philmont Cooperative had the opportunity to create recipes that they prepared at The Sylvia Center’s Farm Dinner as part of the hors d’oeuvres menu. From the Learning…
Teen Culinary Apprentices’ celebrated their accomplishments with friends and family at FoodMatch. After 10 weeks of intensive nutrition education and learning culinary skills and techniques, they are prepared for the…
In the final weeks of the Teen Culinary Apprenticeship (TCA), students used what they’ve learned over the past months to create original small dishes to share with family and friends…
A letter from Jomille, one of 30 students from the Bronx and Brooklyn currently enrolled in our Teen Culinary Apprenticeship. Imagine being part of a community that usually eats junk…
Precious Richards, The Sylvia Center’s teen blogger writes about finding her inner power and embracing what it is to be a woman. It’s not the destination that matters but the…
Black History Month is the shortest month of the year, and sometimes it is overlooked by Valentine’s Day. But before Black History Month closes, we need to talk about soul…
Precious Richards is The Sylvia Center’s teen blogger and a participating teen culinary apprentice from Brooklyn. Artwork by Cindy Hu. ***Featured Recipe Book: Treat yourself to recipes made for one…
Graduates of the Teen Culinary Apprenticeship Program came into the Sylvia Center office to talk about their experiences and to give us feedback on the program. Many felt they were…
