The Shelby Township Library has now hosted two programs by Chef Jake Williams. The first was "The Art and Science of Cooking" which we held last summer as part of our Summer Reading series for adults.Chef Jake presented a detailed fascinating program with lots of group participation about how food flavors and cooking techniques work together. He was here again, this time presenting "Better Eating in the New Year" which was also well received. As it is the time of year of recovery from December's indulgences, he focused on integrating more healthy foods into our diets. He brings his own pots, pans, and gas burners so he can cook right in the library which enhanced the program. Chef Jake has 20 years in the cooking industry. He currently works for Gleaners Food Bank as the Cooking Matters Coordinator, helping low-income families learn to cook healthy food for little money. He also does catering and runs a pop-up restaurant in the Detroit Area. He is both knowledgeable and personable. He is open to doing more presentations in libraries. Jake Williams 586-360-8404 -- *The library is not, as some would have it, a place for the retiring of disposition or faint of heart. It is not an ivory tower or a quiet room in a sanitarium facing away from the afternoon sun. It is, rather, a command center, a power base. A board room, a war room. An Oval Office for all who preside over their own destinies. One does not retreat from the world here; one prepares to join it at an advantage.” ― Eric Burns, The Joy of Books: Confessions of a Lifelong Reader*