Brunch

By the end of the week, participants will have covered basic food preparation, reading recipes, cooking, and cleanup. The camp also incorporates food safety, knife safety, shopping concepts, and setting a table. Participants learn cooking techniques and terminology and much more.

The course is divided into 5 days over one week as part of summer camp program. The classes are:
1. Let’s Add Vegetables
Participants will learn basic cooking techniques for making scrambled eggs with a vegetable sauté. They will also prepare corn muffins with fresh corn added (if in season) Lesson begins with kitchen safety and knife skills.

2. Let’s Make Jam
Participants will prepare a menu of shirred eggs, barley and fresh scones with jam. Lesson begins with food safety. Participants will make jam from scratch using seasonal fruit.

3. Say Cheese
Participants will make a ricotta cheese from scratch for later in the week. They’ll prepare waffles from scratch along with sausage and a fruit recipe. Class begins with a grocery shopping lesson.

4. Rolling in dough
Participants learn the basics of a simple yeast based dough for use on day 5. The class will prepare hat on an egg with a breakfast parfait.

5. Celebrate our success
Students celebrate the completion of class and prepare frittata using class-made ricotta, and focaccia using class-made dough, served with tomatoes and herbs.