WFD&CE Culinary Courses

Summer 2023 Community Education Culinary Courses

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New! Gourmet Charcuterie Board

Section #2:

Saturday, August 12
11 a.m.-1 p.m.
CRN# 60355  
CFP 550-02
Fee: $150

Do you want to learn how to construct an amazing and elegant charcuterie board? Sahar Darwish will show you how! This class will provide a practical way to build a wonderful and flavorful cheese board; combining cheeses, spreads, olives, chocolates, breads and crackers, fruits and various nuts. Students will learn to pair food items with the cheeses, make hummus from scratch, how to slice and arrange the cheese, and garnish the board with fresh herbs. After a demo on how to build a Mediterranean cheese board, students will receive a disposable palm leaf board with all materials to create their own boards to take home. Register for Gourmet Charcuterie Board.

New! Cookie Decorating – Summer Fun in The Sun

Section #2: Under the Sea

Tuesday, August 15
6-8 p.m.
CRN# 60339  
CFP 504-51
Fee: $69

If you’ve never worked with royal icing or have dabbled just a little, this class is for you. Students, ages 10 and older, will work step-by-step on each cookie to learn hands-on the various decorating techniques used with royal icing. Cindy Burek of Buttercup Cookies will teach students about piping/outlining, flooding, and wet on wet techniques. Students will complete five cookie designs. Students will take them home with them in a bakery box, along with a decorating tool, a cookie cutter, and a packet of seasonal sprinkles and/or cookie decorations. All supplies are provided. Once class registration has closed, students will be sent Cindy’s informational blog loaded with basics of baking cookies, tips and tricks of the trade, as well as links to places online to checkout for additional tutorials. Register for Cookie Decorating.