edible notables Bon Appétit Picks Los Poblanos as a Top 10 Foodie Hotel
Cooking with Kids wins IACP Award for Culinary Youth Advocate of the Year
Los Poblanos Historic Inn & Organic Farm was honored to be selected as one of Bon Appétit’s “10 Best Hotels for Food Lovers in America” for their focus on fresh, organic, field-to-fork dining.
Cooking with Kids, Inc. was named “Culinary Youth Advocate of the Year,” an International Association of Culinary Professionals (IACP) Award of Excellence. Cooking with Kids Community Liaison Anna Farrier accepted the award on April 9, 2013, at the annual IACP conference in San Francisco. IACP Awards of Excellence recognize extraordinary contributions and commitments to the culinary field.
The top ten list includes hotels that Bon Appétit editors not only love to go to, they want to return to again and again. They selected hotels that carefully thought out their menu and other aspects of a unique culinary experience for guests. The list is a celebration of the people who achieve an incredible combination of great accommodations and not just good “hotel food”, but down right delectable dishes. Los Poblanos Historic Inn & Organic Farm wants to thank the following businesses for making this possible:
After accepting the IACP award, Farrier said, “We are truly honored that the IACP has recognized Cooking with Kids with this prestigious award. We’re thrilled by the acknowledgment that what’s been happening in Santa Fe for all these years is quite unique and special: a non-profit working with public schools, supported by the local community—all of us together helping to change the way our children eat.”
Amyo Farms, ARCA Organics, Bountiful Cow Cheese Co., Chispas Farms, Del Valle Pecans, Exotic Edibles of Edgewood, Favorite Brands NM, Fiasco Fine Wine, Granja Para Mañana Farm, Green Tractor Farm, Heidi's Raspberry Farm, La Cumbre Brewing Company, La Montanita Co-op, Laura Anazco Eggs, Marble Brewery, National Distributing Company, Inc., The Old Windmill Dairy, Old Monticello Organic Farms, Pollo Real, Sabroso Foods, Sage Bakehouse, Shepherd's Lamb, Skarsgard Farms, Sol Harvest, Southern Wine & Spirits, Sweetwoods Dairy, Synergy Fine Wines, Taos Mobile Matanza, The Wheatgrass People, Toad Road Farm, Tucumcari Dairy, Van Rixel Brothers, and Villa Myriam Coffee.
Cooking with Kids' executive director, Lynn Walters, pointed out that enthusiastic letters of support from Santa Fe School of Cooking’s Susan Curtis and cookbook author Deborah Madison bolstered the nomination. “Susan and Deborah’s long-time support is greatly appreciated. They share our vision of a healthy future for the children of Santa Fe,” said Walters.
Los Poblanos Foodie Staff
First grade student with Cooking with Kids Educator Deborah Barbe at Gonzales Community School
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Cooking with Kids, Inc. is a non-profit organization that motivates and empowers elementary school students to develop healthy eating habits through hands-on learning with fresh, affordable foods from diverse cultural traditions. Since 1995, thousands of Santa Fe school children have participated in cooking and tasting classes.
edible Santa Fe · Summer 2013