The Cook's Nook

Happy Pride! According to the USDA, members of the LGBTQIA+ community are disproportionately affected by poverty and suffer higher rates of food insecurity. At The Cook's Nook, we know that everyone is entitled to nutritious and wholesome food.🥗 Our groundbreaking nutrition solutions champion health equity, relentlessly ensuring that vulnerable communities gain access to nourishing food, which helps reduce disparities.💚 #HappyPride #FoodAccess #HealthEquity #FoodInsecurity

We're a little less than two weeks away from the the Juneteenth Jubilee! It's the TOP 40 Professionals & Entrepreneurs Awards celebration on Saturday, June 22d at the Community Impact Center 5330 Bluffstone Lane, Austin. Join us to cheer on Joi Chevalier The Cook's Nook's Founder & CEO, along with the other honorees of the 2024 Austin Black Business Journal's Top 40 Professional & Entrepreneurs. (photos: 2023 Juneteenth Jubilee, Austin Black Business Journal) Get your tickets here: https://hubs.la/Q02zv9Ty0

June is Men's Health Month and June 10-16 is Men's Health Week! This week is a time to encourage men to stay healthy by eating right, exercising, and taking action by scheduling regular medical checkups. Cultura Cuisine by The Cook's Nook offers a diverse menu inclusive of vegetarian, heart-healthy, diabetes-supportive and renal-supportive options. Our products offer men the tools needed for improved health outcomes and impact – where food becomes medicine. #MensHealthWeek #HealthyEating #Nutrition #CulturaCuisine

Case Study: Food is the Best Medicine, Part 1 "Postpartum maternal food insecurity is linked to poor maternal mental health, reduced breastfeeding, and higher infant hospitalization rates." The Cook's Nook was one of the partners involved in a study to create a "Food As the Best Medicine" (FBM) intervention for postpartum mothers in Austin, Texas. As part of this initiative, our experts developed a system to leverage the "Food As the Best Medicine" (FBM) intervention. Contact us to learn more about the FBM initiative: https://hubs.la/Q02zb1210

Did you make any of the recipes The Cook's Nook featured on Good Morning Austin? 🥗 The Cook's Nook's Founder & CEO, Chef Joi Chevalier and sous chef Ernest Serrata stopped by Good Day Cooks to make a Black Bean and Corn Bulgar Salad and an Asian Chicken Salad with Ginger Sesame Dressing. These recipes are some of the popular meals provided by The Cook's Nook's Cultura Cuisine. 🥘 Watch the full video to discover the history of The Cook's Nook and the evolution of providing healthy, fresh ingredients to our food insecure neighbors. Culture Cuisine represents the American palate, find out more and watch the video here: https://hubs.la/Q02z9YDr0 #GoodMorningAustin #HealthyMeals #HealthyCooking #Nutrition #CulturaCuisine

"We all need to come together and link arms for healthy food to be a covered medical benefit." —Shreela Sharma, PhD, RDN, LD Our Vice President of Business Development, Dwight Flinkerbusch, and Vice President, Commercial Sales, Brent Brightwell, recently attended the Food As Medicine Summit in Chicago. They gained some new insights from the panel, "The Power of Partnerships in the Food As Medicine Movement."

The Cook's Nook's 'Food As Medicine' Initiative feature this week is Salvation Army. The initiative provides a variety organizations with meals for their unique communities. Salvation Army Austin's mission provides services to meet the basic needs of homeless and low-income populations in Central Texas. They serve more than 10,000 people with shelter annually —from addiction rehabilitation, clothing, meals, holiday support, and direct client assistance. Find out more about Salvation Army Austin's and their initiatives: https://hubs.la/Q02z9YCD0 Find out more about The Cook's Nook's initiatives that impact the community: https://hubs.la/Q02z9ZC30 #FoodAccess #HealthyMeals #Austin #HealthyEquity #FoodIsMedicine

Serving wellness straight to your plate in Austin—proudly over 400 meals distributed since September 2023! Witness the bold commitment of our partnership program, Food Is the Best Medicine (FBM), powered by Ascension Seton, in collaboration with Farmshare Austin, and Michael & Susan Dell Center for Healthy Living. Check out our heartening video to get a firsthand experience of the FBM flourishing initiative. 🍏🚚🏡 Repost from Ascension Seton: The Food is the Best Medicine program, in partnership with The Cook's Nook, Farmshare Austin and Michael & Susan Dell Center for Healthy Living, was created directly from dollars donated to the Ascension Seton Foundation. Watch this update on KXAN News this week. #HealthyLiving #Nutrition #FoodIstheBestMedicine #MaternalHealth #BlackMaternalHealthWeek

This Memorial Day, remembering our military personnel who made the ultimate sacrifice to service our nation in the name of freedom.

The Cook's Nook has been working with community-based organizations (CBO) such as Saffron Trust to be part of the process in achieving their goals. The Saffron Women’s Trust Foundation is dedicated to disrupting the cycle of generational poverty, by empowering women with the means to attain stability. In recent years, this has encompassed the provision of nutritious meals via the Cultura Cuisine for Population Health Solution initiative by The Cook’s Nook. This initiative, funded by a grant from Travis County, has facilitated the distribution of hundreds of thousands of meals within the Austin area. Our mission is to be a key driver of health in undernourished populations, one nutritious meal at a time. Read more about the Saffron Trust impact story: https://hubs.la/Q02xC7RZ0 #FoodAccess #Nutrition #CulturaCuisine #WomenEmpowerment #CommunitySupport