July 30, 2010 – 7:14 am | No Comment

Thursday’s camp may have been the best of the entire summer…at least from the kid’s point of view!  The morning group took a (theoretical) trip south of the border and whipped up quesadillas, fruit salsa, …

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BlogHer ’10: Getting Ready to REALLY Break Some Eggs
August 11, 2010 – 5:48 pm | One Comment

Just got back from BlogHer ’10 in NYC, and boy, what a weekend!
For those of you not in the know, BlogHer is a collection of female bloggers representing so, so many facets of blogging. Though I’m …

Day 4: Culinary Adventure & Advanced Skills
July 30, 2010 – 7:14 am | No Comment

Thursday’s camp may have been the best of the entire summer…at least from the kid’s point of view!  The morning group took a (theoretical) trip south of the border and whipped up quesadillas, fruit salsa, …

Day 3: Culinary Adventure & Advanced Skills
July 28, 2010 – 3:34 pm | No Comment

I can’t believe that we’re more than halfway done with our cooking camps this week!  What a great group of kids.  It feels like there are a million pictures, so enjoy!

Bake-A-Rama: The Final Day for Teens
July 28, 2010 – 2:47 pm | 2 Comments

Finally!  I’ve worked through the technical difficulties and have pics from our last day of Bake-A-Rama, the afternoon class.  Check out these creations:

Advanced Skills: Egg Day
July 27, 2010 – 5:16 pm | No Comment

Today, it was all about the eggs. Hollandaise, Eggs Benedict, Chocolate Souffle, and, ok, a little Potato Leek soup thrown in for good measure.  (I’m having a few technical difficulties – I’m a better cook …

Bake-A-Rama Final Day: Fondant
July 26, 2010 – 7:21 pm | No Comment

Holy fondant Batman..these kids did an amazing job not only baking cakes from scratch and frosting them, but covering them with fondant (and edible sugar clay-like substance) too!  Here are pics from the morning session …

Day One: Advanced Skills
July 26, 2010 – 7:10 pm | No Comment
Day One: Advanced Skills

We started the teens easy today, before we build as the week goes on and they really get to test their kitchen mettle.  On the menu today: egg pasta sheets, marinara, and chocolate-peanut butter whoopie …

Puff Pastry Craziness! (Bake-A-Rama Day 4)
July 23, 2010 – 8:07 am | One Comment

Show a kid puff pastry and they’ll certainly want to cook it, and eat it, and play with it…you get the idea!  From taco puffs to Napoleons, we worked with puff pastry in all it’s …

Bake-A-Rama: The Never Ending Day of Sweets
July 21, 2010 – 7:50 pm | No Comment
Bake-A-Rama: The Never Ending Day of Sweets

Today was Sweet-tooth Wednesday for all of our baking students.  Cookies, cakes, mac & cheese, ice cream, cinnamon rolls, and yes, a salad, paved the way for these teens and tweens ruling the kitchen.  After …

Bake-a-Rama: Day Two
July 20, 2010 – 2:30 pm | No Comment
Bake-a-Rama: Day Two

What a fantastic group of young cooks we have this week!  They’re polite, talented, considerate, and oh yeah, they can whip up cream puffs and chicken potpie like they were born to do it.  You’re …