This
is not just a course about cooking and eating. Although that does come later in
the first and second nine weeks, the student’s knowledge about caring for
his/her well being through nutrition and meal planning are the emphasis of the
course for the first six weeks.
Areas
covered:
1. Nutrition and well-being
Dietary guidelines
Food pyramid
Nutrients
Diet analysis
Meal planning
Eating disorders 3-4
weeks
2. Consumerism
Grocery shopping
Budgeting
Setting up a kitchen
Kitchen management
Equipment 2 weeks
3. Recipe interpretation/ writing
Abbreviations and equivalencies
Measurements
Techniques
1 week
4. Procedure and equipment
Identification and correct use of
equipment
Procedures, which are taught in
class 1 week
5. Foods labs
Breakfast foods
Quick breads
Eggs
Yeast breads
Pasta
Fruits and vegetables
Dairy products
Sauces
FOODS
LABS
Teacher
demonstration for procedure and technique followed by the student doing the
same.
GRADING
Homework
Tests
Labs graded on a rubric
