If someone would have told me that one day I would start a non-profit and work for understanding and defeating hunger as a disease of this industrialized world I live in, this southern Italian strong-will lady, would have laughed louder! Instead, here I am.
If with my work and dedication, I can inspire just one child, my life would have had meaning.
My first cooking book, finishing up my first full opera, a book on Glass Master Gianni Toso, and a surprise to celebrate one of the great soprano in history!
Monica Lapenta wears many hats. A native of Italy, now dedicated Baltimorean, she is executive director of the Italian Cultural Center of Maryland, an award-winning children’s book author, an entrepreneur, a philanthropist, an activist, a mom, and a passionate, self-taught chef. Lapenta is also the founder of the Be a Chef for a Day Program...
BACFAD (Be a Chef for a Day) is a healthy eating program that teaches all people of all ages to cook healthy meals and create a food budget; our students learn cooking skills while absorbing valuable information about diet and nutrition ....
Baltimore organizations are continuing to support families in need during the pandemic as food insecurity grows in the city because of the virus....
Monica Lapenta’s project makes elementary and middle school students a chef for a day. It requires more than following recipes and wearing a tall white hat!
The 46th Annual Mayor’s Business Achievement Award winners were honored in a livestream ceremony on December 11, 2020.
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