WUNDERLAND
KITCHEN
Food Education Program
by June Jo Lee
Food Ethnographer and Author
MIRROR, MIRROR
ON YOUR SPOON
What’s your unforgettable bite?
A loving mouthful? A tricky food?
A taste that changes you?
Food is a mirror.
It reflects who we are, where we came from, and how we live life.
Food is also a portal.
When we change how we eat, we begin to change how we live.
WUNDERLAND KITCHEN
delivers food culture pop-ups.
We partner with schools, libraries, and food literacy organizations to facilitate multi-sensory food experiences that build food literacy, sensory awareness, and cultural connection.
Our pop-ups help participants (1) feel more confident around food; (2) reconnect with their senses and curiosity; and (3) understand food as culture, care, and communication.
We begin with real questions people bring to the table:
I don’t know what to eat.
I don’t know how to cook.
I don’t have enough time.
These modern hungers are not just about food.
They are cravings for connection, meaning, rhythm, and care.
Through guiding tastings, simple making, and shared storytelling, participants learn to trust their senses, reflect on their habits, and find their way back to delicious.
This is food agency.
Not nutrition education. Not a cooking class.
Pop-ups are 60-90 minute facilitated food experiences.
Designed around a simple food activity such as fermenting, remixing, or guided tasting
Tailored for age group, group size, and organizational context
Led by June Jo Lee, food ethnographer, TED speaker, and award-winning picture book author
CHOOSE YOUR FLAVOR
Did you know sauerkraut is German for Korean kimchi? Learn about microbes, fermentation, and transformation while making colorful, fizzy kraut-chi to take home. Inspired by Sandor Katz and The Tiny Wild. For Kids, Teens, Families, Adults, Teams.
Bibim-bap Remix
How do you make a bowl your own? Start with rice as your base note. Add more life to reflect how you feel and how you want to live. Colors, flavors, and textures make your bowl sing. Mix, dip, wrap, and roll your own way to delicious. Inspired by Chef Roy Choi and The Street Food Remix. For Teens, Families, Adults, Teams.
So much is bubbling up in our climate, in our lives. Heatwaves. Tangled timelines. Rising tempers. It can all feel like a spicy hot mess. How can this energy nourish us? Come for the kimchi-making. Stay for the culture-making. Inspired by Chef Roy Choi and The Street Food Remix. For Teens, Adults, Teams.
What does longing taste like? Step into a guided chocolate tasting that explores belonging and caring more through your senses. Smell, taste, and reflect together while sharing flavors that carry feelings and stories. Inspired by sensory ethnography and ritual tasting practices. For Teens, Adults, Teams.
What will we carry into the future? What will we leave behind? Taste planetary longing and edible data, while rewriting the menu for food culture beyond Earth. Designed for groups navigating complexity, transition, or the next big question. For Adults, Teams.
Design a Custom Flavor
What questions become possible when we eat them? From speculative dinners like Restaurant on Mars to explorations of trust like Taste of Space, we co-design experiences that meet your big questions.
READY TO WUNDERLAND?
Transform your classroom, community program, and team-building experiences into a multi-sensory storytelling lab.
We’d love to cook something up with you.
