BETHEL — Free? ?classes? ?for? ?healthy? ?eating? ?will? ?be? ?the? ?focus? ?of? ?Bethel’s? ?newest Community? ?Kitchen.? ?The? ?Methodist? ?Church,? ?79? ?Main? ?St., is? ??sharing? ?its? ?kitchen? ?with? ?the? ?community? ?as? ?a? ?venue to? ?learn? ?about? ?healthy? ?cooking.? ? ?

Local? ?organizations? ?that ?will network? ?with? the ?Bethel? ?Community? ?Kitchen? ?are? ?the? ?Bethel? ?Food Pantry,? ?Bethel? ?Family? ?Health? ?Center? ?and? ?River? ?Valley? ?Healthy Community? ?Coalition.? ?

?The? ?classes ?will? ?be? ?shaped? ??by? ?the? ?needs? ?of? ?the? community.?? Topics? discussed ?are? ?as? ?follow: Diets? ?for? ?diabetes,? ?hypertension? ?and? ?low? ?sodium; cooking? ?for? ?one? ?or two; eating? ?on? ?a? ?budget; bread-?making; how? ?to? ?read? ?labels?; ?and cooking? ?with? ?more? ?fruits? ?and? ?vegetables.

The? ?classes? ?will? ?be? ?held? ?on the second Tuesday of each month. The? ?next? ?class? ?will? ?be? ?held from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.? ?Tuesday, Nov. ?14, when the topics will be ?Fruits? ?&? ?Vegetables??, ?Healthy? ?Cooking and? ?Healthy? ?Families.? ?The free? ?class? ?is? ?open? ?to? ?everyone? ?in? ?the? community.? ?

FMI: 207-824-2328.