Common Threads

Common Threads offers hands-on cooking and nutrition education for children and families. Its programs include healthy snack making and nutrition education through eight lessons, chef-led cooking classes that explore the culture and cuisine of ten countries, and family cooking classes that cover healthy and affordable meals, healthy substitutions, and cost-saving recipes.

Programs

• Small Bites — PreK-8th grade students · Available on-demand, virtually and in-person in select markets · Healthy snack making and nutrition education through eight hands-on lessons.
• Cooking Skills & World Cuisine — 3rd-8th grade students · In-person only within select markets · Chef-led program exploring the culture and cuisine of ten countries while teaching recipe-following and safe use of cooking equipment.
• Healthy Food Foundations — Adult patients diagnosed with certain identified diseases · Not stated · Course covering nutritional needs of various diseases, meal planning, and cooking and eating recipes as a class.
• T.E.A.C.H. (Teaching Everyone About Cooking & Health) — Online portal · Online portal for educators and caregivers with webinars, trainings, and curriculum.
• Cooking Up Health — Not stated · Not stated in the source material.
• Family Cooking Class — Parents and kids · Available as 2-week or 6-week classes; in-person within select markets and on-demand online · Chef-led class teaching healthy and affordable meals, family participation, healthy substitutions, and cost-saving recipes.
• Culinary Medicine: For Providers — Medical students and allied health sciences professionals · Not stated · Course on nutrition and healthy cooking through the lens of culinary medicine and community health.
• Kitchen Clinic — 9th-12th grade students · Not stated · Chef-led program focused on healthy cooking and nutrition-centric healthcare careers.

At a glance

• Ages: 4–14 years old

About the provider

Common Threads is a national nonprofit that provides hands-on cooking and nutrition education to children and families. It is celebrating 20 years of empowering communities to make nutritious food choices. The organization promotes diversity in lessons and recipes and encourages participants to celebrate the world around them. It also supports children, educators, caregivers, and healthcare professionals with resources, curriculum, and training.

Last updated October 25, 2026.