Episode 36: A Conversation on the Pedagogy of Food with Emily Richards & Rosalba Bortolotti

This episode is a part of a series of podcast episodes that we’re having with the presenters from our December 2023 Embracing The Early Years Professional Learning Day.  

In this episode, ASCY’s Kim Burns and Paola Hohenadel jump right back into the conversations, reflections and ideas that Emily and Rosalba shared at the EEY PL Day, around the feelings associated with food, food and meal preparation and presentation, and experiences to be had with children and food.   

Celebrity chef, Emily Richards is a professional home economist, freelance food writer, chef, and cookbook author who also enjoys culinary instruction for home cooks who want to learn more and have fun in the kitchen. She is the author and co-author of 10 cookbooks which include topics from Italian cuisine, weeknight dinners, everyday celebrations, glycemic index diets, 5 ingredient cooking, and comfort foods. 

Rosalba Bortolotti is a pedagogical consultant and Registered Early Childhood Educator with over 27 years of experience and research in the Reggio Emilia approach.  Rosalba has a passion in food pedagogies, school gardens  and the practices of seed to table. In addition to presenting to educators around the province, Rosalba has recently developed on-line webinars and interactive live studio sessions from her studio lab. 

This is the fourth podcast that Rosalba has done with us, check out episodes 5, 11 and 12, to listen to more of Rosalba’s ideas and experiences. 

For information about Emily and Rosalba, please visit the links below:

Rosalba Bortolotti-Acorn Collaborative
Instagram: @acorncollaborative
Website: www.acorncollaborative.ca

Emily Richards
Instagram: @eriscooking
Website: https://emilyrichardsoncooking.blogspot.com/