Culinary Arts is a middle and high school class that will explore cooking and baking techniques while emphasizing safety and sanitation. Students will learn how to read, write, and follow the directions of a recipe. We will incorporate lessons in measurements, converting measurements, knife skills, substitutions/alternatives, meal preparation, budget friendly cooking, healthy eating, and food in other cultures. We will also discuss what the Bible says about food. We will begin the school year learning to bake/cook familiar family favorites with ingredients that are in season to the area and slowly branch out to cuisine found around the world by the end of the year.
There will be a service element to this class. When we can, in-class meals that are prepared will be given to a family in the church, school or community that may be in need. Students will build their own recipe binder of all recipes and terms covered. Students will be working in the kitchen both Tuesdays and Thursdays, the majority of the student’s grade will be in class participation during kitchen labs. There will be at-home projects, where the student will prepare a learned recipe for their family and document the process with pictures or video. At the end of the fall semester, the students will prepare a holiday meal for all Renew staff and teachers. The spring semester final project will be preparing a meal from another country for their fellow classmates.
60%- Kitchen lab participation
20%- Projects
20%- Recipe binder- recipe ingredients, directions, and notes/terms
Supplies:
- 3 Ring, 1 inch binder. Any color or design. Example: https://amzn.to/4yfTzxk
- 8.5 x 11 Recipe Pages: at least 30 count. Highly recommend a recipe page that has a front and back devoted to 1 recipe for more writing room. Example: https://amzn.to/4vbuSPz
- 8.5 x 11 Page Protectors, at least 30 count (optional to protect page from splatters) Example: https://amzn.to/4aHCAd7
- Girls with hair that can be pulled back, please bring a hair tie.
There will not be a required textbook, all material will be provided by your teacher and available on Google Classroom/Grade Link.
A $100 lab fee will be required.