Healthy food doesn't have to be expensive: a bunch of kale, a sweet potato or a can of beans each cost less than two dollars at Kroger. But it can be intimidating. Sarah Wharton's nonprofit starts ...

LOS ANGELES — The smell of frying garlic and ginger is inescapable as it wafts through the room, while a row of fidgety kids watches an older woman in a blue plaid apron cooking in front of them.

At Little Chefs, Big Change classes, kids learn to cook healthy, affordable food, and taste test it too. Classes are free and operated out of after-school programs, community centers, summer camps and ...