Course Description - Photos

Surviving Your Own Cooking will help to widen your culinary horizons beyond the peanut butter and jelly sandwich. We will solve the mysteries of the “perfect” French omelet, Asian stir-frying, Italian paninis, All-American barbeque, and painlessly introducing fresh vegetables and fruits into your life…

What I Can Expect To Learn

Someday, we may choose, or be forced by the vagaries of fortune, to cook for ourselves, and wouldn’t it be nice to learn some simple, easy recipes that are tasty, cheap, and quite possibly healthy. In this class we will investigate recipes, shop for cooking equipment, and explore the seasonal food opportunities in local farmers’ markets.

Faculty Leaders

Marybeth Colman and guest chefs

Schedule of Activities

Monday, 4/12
Intro to cooking, Tools of the trade, Shopping secrets, *Presentation is everything, Accessing recipes and DIY videos from YouTube. Menu: Omelets, frittatas and quiche. Fruit smoothies.

Tues, 4/13
The secrets of the George Foreman grill. Menu: Grilled chicken paninis

Wed, 4/14
The Art of Stir-frying. Menu: Chinese Mongolian Beef with Ramen noodles (throw away the sauce packet).

Thurs, 4/15
Easy, quick, football game food. Menu: Killer chili and guacamole quesadillas.

Fri, 4/16
AM: Work on presentations at school. PM: Group presentations to all students