A new collaboration between the LLCC Culinary Institute and Southern Illinois University School of Medicine aims to blend the art of food and cooking with the science of medicine. “Nourish: Culinary Medicine” is a series of classes that aims to educate health care professionals and learners on ways to eat better and promote healthier diets to others.
Registration is open at www.siumed.edu/cpd for the first session, “Hectic Meets Healthy.” (In the dropdown under Learners, click on Conferences.) The cost is $120, and it will be held 9 a.m. to noon, Saturday, Feb. 17 in the culinary labs of the LLCC Workforce Careers Center. It includes a light breakfast, hands-on kitchen experience, lecture and lunch tasting, featuring food prepared by the entire group.