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African Health & Heritage Quarterly
Interested in A Taste of African Heritage classes?
Visit our class directory to find dates and times. Teachers, feel free to tell us about your upcoming class series! Individuals, check out our new self-paced e-course featuring our African Heritage & Health Ambassadors.

All of the Heritage curriculum powerpoints have been completed. If you are a yearly licensee, please email us for these resources.
Please Send Participant Surveys
Dear Instructors,

To continue to strengthen the evidence base for A Children’s Taste of African Heritage and A Taste of Latin American Heritage, we need your help. Please send ALL completed student entrance and exit surveys to us via email (classes@oldwayspt.org) or to our office at 266 Beacon St, Suite 1, Boston, MA 02116. If you have the capacity to conduct the health measurements, we welcome those too.
A Taste of African Heritage Updates
ATOAH Gains Approval for SNAP-ED Toolkit
We are excited to announce that the A Taste of African Heritage was selected to be a part of the SNAP-Ed Toolkit further demonstrating the strong evidence base of the program. It will be added to the SNAP-Ed toolkit website in July 2022.
Celebrate Caribbean
Heritage Month
June 1st at 4:00 PM E.T.
Join our upcoming virtual cooking demo and Interview with Five Loaves & Two Fish Healthy Teaching Kitchen (@52htk). They offer custom nutrition programs catered toward chronic disease management and are partnered with the CDC National Diabetes Prevention Program.
Peer Reviewed Study Highlights Benefits of ATOAH
A peer-reviewed, scientific article published in February in the Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior shows that participants of ATOAH significantly increased fruits, vegetables, and greens, increased weekly exercise frequency, and also improved weight, waist circumference, and blood pressure.
African Heritage &
Houston Texas Rodeo
In March, Oldways joined African Heritage & Health Ambassador Danessa Bolling to host a booth on Rodeo Black Heritage Day. Thank you to everyone who stopped by!
Recipe Of The Month
Black-Eyed Peas and Walnut Lettuce Wraps
These lettuce wraps with walnuts are fun to serve as appetizers with the family. The lettuce leaves serve as shells or bowls. They make great yet simple get-together food for guests visiting. Invite your kids into the kitchen to prepare this recipe!
Learn About Our E-Course
Celebrate the Food of the African Diaspora
Stay in touch!
Thank you for your continued support. We are grateful to have you in our African Heritage culinary community. Stay healthy and safe.