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Sweet Sounds

Students from 826 Valencia read their poems about cookies, cakes and other sweets.

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‘Blackness for me, is the food my mom makes’

826 Valencia’s Black Students Initiative shares excerpts from its recent book, The Future Is Black.

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Baleadas and Many Things

826 Valencia students read poetry they wrote about their lives and their food.

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Cake, the Captain and a Kingdom of Donuts

This year marks the 20th anniversary of literacy organization 826 Valencia. To celebrate, students dream up their dream confections.

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‘To Make! Mix It All Together!’

Students working with 826 Valencia share their Kitchen Magic.

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Odes of Joy

Students with literacy organization 826 Valencia share poems and a recipe in celebration of their favorite foods.

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The Route to Roux

Students with literacy organization 826 Valencia explore how their food gets to—and connects—them.

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Fresh As a Flower and So Hot Like Lava

Tenderloin Community School students use poetry to express their love for favorite meals. Working in collaboration with literacy organization 826 Valencia.

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The Poetry of Pizza

Students with literacy organization 826 Valencia express their love in verse.

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‘My Culture Is a Galaxy,’ and Other Observations

Students at 826 Valencia share their culture and memories through food.

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Food with Family

Students in the Black Literary Achievement Club of literacy organization 826 Valencia share reflections on communal eating.

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Snacks to Remember

Students from literacy organization 826 Valencia share writing about foods that stick in their memories.

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Recipes for a More Just World

Students at 826 Valencia’s Mission Bay Center share the ingredients they think can make life better.

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Creative Recipes for a Just World

Students from 826 Valencia, a literacy organization in San Francisco, share their formulas.

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For the Love of Mangoes

Students at literacy organization 826 Valencia pay tribute to this elite fruit in honor of National Mango Day.

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Magic Lessons

Students at 826 Valencia teach us how to do the otherworldly when it comes to cooking and eating.

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‘I Eat You Whenever I Float’ and Other Love Poems

In English and Tagalog, students at 826 Valencia celebrate Asian American and Pacific Islander History Month and Filipino Independence Day with odes to their favorite foods.

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Hot Pancakes, Brave Ramen and Elicit Candy

Whetstone partners with student literacy organization 826 Valencia to share writing from experts at Tenderloin Community School about how to make or sneak their favorite foods.

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I Am From…

For Women’s History Month, 826 Valencia students reflect on their food cultures and the people who keep them going.

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Breakfast with Pepper and Noodles

Student writing explores the tastes, textures and stories of what we eat.

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