Saturday, December 13, 2025, 1 – 3pm PST

Join us for an afternoon workshop about recording and sharing recipes in community. Open to all who would like to create art, meet neighbors, swap recipes, and tell stories.

Consider bringing along a favorite recipe or a good food memory to share. Craft supplies will be provided!

This workshop will also provide an in-person opportunity to upload your recipe to the Altadena Cooks website as well as receiving free cookware, supplies are limited. Registration is required.

With support from Direct Relief, the Altadena Library District is partnering with local organizations to offer workshops, trainings, and other activities for all ages that promote community health and well-being in the aftermath of the Eaton Fire. The funding will also help create a collection of wellness materials and supplies available for patrons to access during their visits. In addition, plans include hosting a mental health fair featuring engaging, evidence-based activities designed to support emotional resilience and connection.

About our partner
Following the Eaton Fire of January 2025, Altadena Cooks was created with the goal of documenting tangible, sensory histories from the area by asking neighbors what they eat. While it is impossible to capture all that gives a town a spirit, makes a house a home, and shapes one’s identity, food undeniably plays a part. Because food is in the fabric of our daily life — spanning the routine to the celebratory and everything in between — this project aims to use it as a lens for capturing people, community, time, and place. This project won’t rebuild kitchens, but it hopes to preserve some of the flavors of home.