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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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!

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 …

Bake-a-Rama: Day One
July 19, 2010 – 4:48 pm | No Comment
Bake-a-Rama: Day One

We thought we’d take it easy the first day and test out the teens and tweens mad baking skills with pizza, cupcakes, and a bit of brioche dough to use later in the week for …

Iron Chef: Planning Day
July 16, 2010 – 3:59 am | No Comment
Iron Chef: Planning Day

On Thursday the teens were responsible for bringing in recipes to pitch to their groups, using the secret ingredient: The chicken or the egg.  But you can’t just plan, so we whipped up a basic …

Culinary World Tour: Mexico!
July 15, 2010 – 8:17 am | No Comment
Culinary World Tour: Mexico!

What kid doesn’t like a churro?  These guys sure do!  With a quick trip south of the border, these kids whipped up fajitas, churros, roasted corn salsa, and more!

Iron Chef: Saute & Pasta
July 14, 2010 – 7:17 am | No Comment
Iron Chef: Saute & Pasta

These Iron Chef Teens are terrific!  Not only can they now dismantle a chicken, but they can totally whip up their own pasta, ricotta cheese, and chicken Parmesan in a snap.  Later today (Wednesday), we’ll …