18 Reasons is a nonprofit cooking school empowering our community with the confidence and creativity needed to buy, cook, and eat good food every day. Join us!

San Francisco, CA
Joined June 2009
We teach and empower families to choose foods that maximize dollars + increase nutrition and we’re expanding our programs into new communities in 2022: more students, more cities, more food. We need your help today to reach more families tomorrow.❤️ 18reasons.org/donate 🙏
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Got leftover rice? You could reheat it as is, or make the equivalent of hash browns, but made with rice, to tuck into a crunchwrap. Get the full recipe from @18reasons Chef Partner, Annalies: stopfoodwaste.org/tips/blog/…
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What a joy to share a passion and mission of #foodasmedicine at the @18reasons gala last night.! Thank you
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Last month, LiquiDonate partnered with Proclamation Goods to distribute quality POTs and pans to nonprofits across San Francisco. 🪴 🍳 All pots/pans collected from the drive when to @18reasons. Read the full press release, here: bit.ly/potdonation #donation #nonprofit
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¡Regresa nuestra clase de Cooking Matters en colaboración con @18reasons ! Clases en español cada miércoles del 5 de abril al 3 de mayo de 5 - 6:30 pm. ¡ Abierto a todes! Envíe un correo electrónico a [email protected] o mensaje de texto al 415-651-2751 para registrarse!
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🫑 It’s easy to make the most out of your bell peppers by using the end pieces. Watch as Chef Mike, the head chef at @18Reasons, demonstrates by slicing the end into thin strips all the way up to the stem. For more tips visit: StopFoodWaste.org
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#MemberMonday 🫵 “Hello Everyone! My name is Luisa. I am starting off my second term at @18reasons with BAYAC. I’m truly excited to be working with you all and getting to know our cohort.” -Luisa #service #community #AmeriCorps #californiavolunteers #bayarea @CalVolunteers
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If you have bread 🥖 🍞 that may be past its prime, don't toss it! Day and even week-old bread can find new life as an unexpected ingredient in a salad or soup. Try these two recipes from StopWaste Chef Partner Viola Buitoni, from @18reasons: stopfoodwaste.org/tips/blog/…
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⚡️Today is the last day of the super-special tablehopper annual subscription offer! ⚡️You won’t see this price again. Thanks 🙏 for supporting my work and publication! tablehopper.ghost.io/hopperl…
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Transform your leftovers 💫 . Watch Marie, a StopWaste Chef partner from @18reasons, transform leftover vegetables, cheese, and fresh herbs into versatile pancakes with chimichurri sauce that you will never get tired of eating 😋 :bit.ly/3IJUXAp
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Early in my career, I consulted for Coke to ensure sugar taxes failed and soda was included in food stamp funding. I say Coke's policies are evil because I saw inside the room. The first step in playbook was paying the NAACP + other civil rights groups to call opponents racist
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Calling every Target til it’s back in stock 😋 🍦
My name is Executive Chef Liz Rogers, and I am the owner and founder of Creamalicious. I knocked on many grocery store doors, with my mother encouraging me never to give up. I can now say that Creamalicious in 2.9k stores nationwide.
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There’s something truly special about family recipes—they give a glimpse into the family history and culture. We are grateful for Chef Violeta from @18reasons for sharing her favorite food saving recipe, Chicken Pie, passed down to her from her grandma: bit.ly/3TSQ0J3
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#FridayFun 😀 Overripe bananas singing "We're not pretty but we're not dead, we can be banana bread!" 🍌 🍌 🍌 Thanks for the share @18reasons, we feel seen! #stopfoodwaste youtu.be/ARyNiqjAooA
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The James Beard Foundation has awarded Chronicle Restaurant Critic Soleil Ho the Craig Claiborne Distinguished Restaurant Review Award. One of the most prestigious food writing honors, the award celebrates the best restaurant criticism in the U.S. trib.al/OQE5o0H
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Woo hoo congrats @hooleil! 🥳
The Craig Claiborne Distinguished Restaurant Review Award recognizes discerning criticism that contributes to the larger discourse on cuisine or restaurants. The 2022 winner is @hooleil for @Sfchronicle #jbfa
We're super jazzed about our new chef partnership with @18reasons! Each month we'll feature a new chef video, starting with Chef Nishanga Bliss with a delicious roast cauliflower dish and a yummy sauce made from herbs and other food trimmings. youtu.be/A6KjbpfQ0J0
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Welcome to our new Stop Food Waste Chef Partner @18reasons! Watch the video of Chef Nishanga Bliss as she shares a healthy and delicious roast cauliflower dish, using all the cauliflower, and a sauce made from herbs and other food trimmings. bit.ly/3wEfPBF #stopfoodwaste
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18 Reasons retweeted
Americans can once again order free COVID-19 tests from the federal government by visiting COVIDtests.gov. In this round, the U.S. Postal Service will deliver eight free rapid antigen tests to any household in the U.S. that wants them (via @NPR) npr.org/2022/05/16/109933573…
I am so excited @POTUS is hosting this more than 50 years after the last conference on hunger. Urgent action is needed to solve the nutrition crisis and the dramatic rise of diet-related disease. It is time for us to come together to find solutions. cnn.com/2022/05/04/politics/…
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