Flavor Pop-ups for educators building food literacy

REWRITE YOUR
COMMUNITY MENU

“Making kraut-chi together
is way better than Diana, my therapist.” 
- 8yo, Berkeley Public Library

Wunderland helps schools, libraries, and food organizations spark curiosity and joy through multisensory storytelling and embodied learning. Food is a tool for emotional, cultural and eco- literacy. Participants expand their sense of identity, community, and world.

Grounded in Dr. Rudine Sims Bishop’s classic Windows, Mirrors, and Sliding Glass Doors framework, each pop-up unfolds in three acts, and is designed around a simple food activity (tasting, fermenting, remixing). Foodlife prompts surface stories, open curiosity, and invite vulnerability. Guided ethnographic listening develops empathy, connection, and shared experience. 

CHOOSE YOUR FLAVOR

KRAUT-CHI

Did you know sauerkraut is German for kimchi? Learn about microbes, fermentation, and transformation while making fizzy kraut-chi to take home. Includes storytime from Sandor Katz and the Tiny Wild. For Kids (Ages 6 to 8), Tweens (Ages 9 to 12), Teens (Ages 13 to 17), Adults (Ages 18 and older).

AWESOME SAUCE

Chocolate and kimchi in the same room? Yes, please. Try all six tastes. (Six?!?) Smell sunshine and Christmas. Remix flavors and stories while making your own Awesome Sauce, inspired by Chef Roy Choi and the Street Food Remix. Take home an expanded palette and possibility. For Tweens (Ages 9 to 12), Teens (Ages 13 to 17).

HOT MESS KIMCHI WORKSHOP

What’s your flavor of home? Make kimchi while reflecting on identity, care, and culture. Come for the kimchi-making. Stay for the culture-making. Inspired by Chef Roy Choi and the Street Food Remix and Sandor Katz and the Tiny Wild. For Teens (Ages 13 to 17), Adults (Ages 18 and older).

TRAIN-THE-TRAINER

Professional development session with June Jo Lee. Based on her peer-reviewed foodlife article and pilot with the New York Public Library, this training equips educators to integrate food storytelling, sensory activities, and ethnographic listening into classrooms and community programs. For Teachers, Librarians, Food Educators.

READY TO WUNDERLAND?


Pop-ups are 75 minutes, tailored by age group. Max 25 participants per workshop. Led by June Jo Lee, food ethnographer, TED speaker, and picture book author. Materials included in fees.

Whether you’re hosting an author visit, summer reading series, educator training, or a culture day, we’d love to cook something up with you.

Email philip@ReadersToEaters.com

Common Core aligned • Food Science & Fermentation • Sensory Education & Taste Mapping • Cultural Identity & Immigration • Health, Wellness & Food Equity • Nonfiction Writing & Reflective Storytelling • Food Narratives in LGBTQ+ and Equity Contexts

Past partners • New York Public Library • New York City Public Schools • San Francisco Public Libraries • King County Public Libraries • Washington DC Public Library • Skokie Public Library • The Dalton School • First Book • California Farmers Markets • Farmers Foodprint