We’re celebrating the Mid Autumn Festival!

The Mid Autumn Festival is celebrated by many Asian Americans in Maine and around the world. One of the special festival traditions is eating moon cakes. Today we share a special video of local chef and cookbook author Chris Toy making mooncakes. 

Do you love mooncakes or want to try one for the first time? Stop by Veranda Market, Hong Kong Market or Sun Market in Portland and ask for a box of mooncakes and enjoy. 

The Virtual Mid Autumn Festival is brought to you by the partnership of the Chinese & American Friendship Association of Maine and the Children’s Museum & Theatre of Maine.

This is an online and on-demand resource that will be available as of this date and time across our social media platforms.

Grab whatever ingredients are in your kitchen and meet educators Sam and Brittany to mix, measure, and explore kitchen chemistry while making a different pancake recipe each week. Each weekend will feature a unique pancake recipe.  Come together to share, explore a recipe, and try something new. Sundays in the Kitchen support certain K-3 Maine Learning Results for Science and Engineering (Next Generation Science Standards). This live event has been generously sponsored by Hood.

Today: Use Science to Make the Fluffiest Pancakes! Join us live at our facebook page here!

Grab whatever ingredients are in your kitchen and meet educators Sam and Brittany to mix, measure, and explore kitchen chemistry while making a different pancake recipe each week. Each weekend will feature a unique pancake recipe.  Come together to share, explore a recipe, and try something new. Sundays in the Kitchen support certain K-3 Maine Learning Results for Science and Engineering (Next Generation Science Standards). This live event has been generously sponsored by Hood.

Today’s pancakes: Flourless Pancakes! Join us live at our facebook page here!

Grab whatever ingredients are in your kitchen and meet educators Sam and Brittany to mix, measure, and explore kitchen chemistry while making a different pancake recipe each week. Each weekend will feature a unique pancake recipe.  Come together to share, explore a recipe, and try something new. Sundays in the Kitchen support certain K-3 Maine Learning Results for Science and Engineering (Next Generation Science Standards). This live event has been generously sponsored by Hood.

Today’s pancakes: No Recipe Crepes! Join us live at our facebook page here!

Grab whatever ingredients are in your kitchen and meet educators Sam and Brittany to mix, measure, and explore kitchen chemistry while making a different pancake recipe each week. Each weekend will feature a unique pancake recipe.  Come together to share, explore a recipe, and try something new. Sundays in the Kitchen support certain K-3 Maine Learning Results for Science and Engineering (Next Generation Science Standards). This live event has been generously sponsored by Hood.

Today’s pancakes: Buckwheat Pancakes! Join us live at our facebook page here!

Meet us in your kitchen for math, chemistry, physics, and FOOD. We’re diving into cooking and all the wonderful and creative things you can do with ingredients in your own home.  Come together to share, explore a recipe, or try something new.  Sundays in the Kitchen support certain K-3 Maine Learning Results for Science and Engineering (Next Generation Science Standards). This live event has been generously sponsored by Hood.

Today’s menu: granola! Join us live at our facebook page here!

Meet us in your kitchen for math, chemistry, physics, and FOOD. We’re diving into cooking and all the wonderful and creative things you can do with ingredients in your own home.  Come together to share, explore a recipe, or try something new.  Sundays in the Kitchen support certain K-3 Maine Learning Results for Science and Engineering (Next Generation Science Standards). This live event has been generously sponsored by Hood.

Today’s menu: stuffed dates! Join us live at our facebook page here!

Meet us in your kitchen for math, chemistry, physics, and FOOD. We’re diving into cooking and all the wonderful and creative things you can do with ingredients in your own home.  Come together to share, explore a recipe, or try something new.  Sundays in the Kitchen support certain K-3 Maine Learning Results for Science and Engineering (Next Generation Science Standards). This live event has been generously sponsored by Hood.

Today’s menu: yogurt! Join us live at our facebook page here!

Meet us in your kitchen for math, chemistry, physics, and FOOD. We’re diving into cooking and all the wonderful and creative things you can do with ingredients in your own home.  Come together to share, explore a recipe, or try something new.  Sundays in the Kitchen support certain K-3 Maine Learning Results for Science and Engineering (Next Generation Science Standards). This live event has been generously sponsored by Hood.

Today’s menu: muffins and honey butter! Join us live on our facebook page here!

Meet us in your kitchen for math, chemistry, physics, and FOOD. We’re diving into cooking and all the wonderful and creative things you can do with ingredients in your own home.  Come together to share, explore a recipe, or try something new.  Sundays in the Kitchen support certain K-3 Maine Learning Results for Science and Engineering (Next Generation Science Standards). This live event has been generously sponsored by Hood.

Today’s menu: pizza dough! Join us live at our facebook page here!

Join the team, step behind the curtain, and learn the ins and outs of animal care at The Children’s Museum & Theatre of Maine.  Feed, care, and clean, our turtles, sea creatures, frogs, and bees. With a magical spin, we’ll turn the ordinary into the extraordinary! 

Classes run 10/16, 10/23, 10/30 and 11/6. Early registration is encouraged. Register online, call (207) 828-1234, or stop by the front desk.

$75 per 4 week session. Members always receive 10% off.

Weave together one simple ingredient to make these gluten-free crisps topped with basil “bugs”!

Free with admission.

Gather in the kitchen and work together with other families to whip up a tasty morning snack. Recipes will be chosen based on healthy, local and seasonal foods. Cook it here and take a recipe home to make time and again as a family.

Practice your knife skills with kid safe tools as we whip up a batch of warm maple apple sauce.  

Free with admission.

Learn about the properties of sugar as we bake a batch of tasty cinnamon apple rings.  

Free with admission.

Join the University of Southern Maine’s Confucius Institute to celebrate the Moon Festival by making two types of traditional Chinese dumplings (vegetarian and meat options). 

Generously sponsored by the USM’s Confucius Institute.

Free with admission.

Slice, measure, and mix up a batch of healthy oatmeal apple pancakes!  

Sponsored by Northeast Delta Dental.

Free with admission.

Members, help us decide what special cooking activities to do during Member Mondays this fall by voting! Sample some pancakes while you cast your vote.

Celebrate summer by making homemade ice cream! Discover how easy and fun it is to measure and mix simple ingredients to make ice cream from scratch. You’ll get to eat a big scoop too!  Sign up the day of at the front desk. $5 per ice cream chef (members get a 10% discount).

Register online!

Celebrate summer by making homemade ice cream! Discover how easy and fun it is to measure and mix simple ingredients to make ice cream from scratch. You’ll get to eat a big scoop too!  Sign up the day of at the front desk. $5 per ice cream chef (members get a 10% discount).

Register online!

Get ready for summer by making homemade ice cream! Discover how easy and fun it is to measure and mix simple ingredients to make ice cream from scratch. You’ll get to eat a big scoop too!  Sign up the day of at the front desk. $5 per ice cream chef (members get a 10% discount).

Register online!