Foods & Culinary Arts Syllabus

Ryan O'Rourke

2006-2007

 

 

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Foods and Culinary I & II

Overview  (Fall)

Week

Foods

Culinary I

Culinary II

1

Welcome, Introductions, the room and policies, Pre-assessment

Welcome, Introductions, the room and policies, Pre-assessment

Welcome, Introductions, the room and policies, Pre-assessment

2

Safety, Procedures, and Ready, Set, Food Safe Program.

 

Smoothies

Safety, Procedures, and Ready, Set, Food Safe Program.

 

Brauts on grill – Safety testing

Safety, Procedures, Sanitation Reviews

 

 

Lab review:  Pizza ( choose stir fry)

3

Cont. RSFS

 

Hamburgers on grill – safety testing

Cont. RSFS

 

Biscuits & Gravy – Cooling large batches.

Study for RSFS, Take exam

 

Lab review:  Stir fry of choice (choose pasta

4

Wrap up RSFS, Lab Procedures and groups

 

Celebrate w/cookie lab.

Sample alt. milks & cereals

Wrap up RSFS, Lab Procedures and groups

 

Celebrate w/breakfast lab

Sample alt. milks & cereals

Measuring review, costing review

 

Demo: Thai peanut pasta salad (rice noodle, tofu, veggie, etc) and fried tofu

Pasta salad labs

5

Study RSFS, take exam, start terminology

 

Pancake lab

Study RSFS, take exam, eggs

 

Egg labs

Customer Service, Dining Rooms

 

Labs: Coffee drinks/alternatives to coffee, Ice cream & alternatives

6

Measuring Techniques, Altering recipes

 

Biscuit lab

Measuring Techniques, Unit Pricing, Terminology review

 

Dessert lab (Soufflé,cake from scratch, biscotti?)

Field trip: Co-op and Win-Co

                 Shopping assignments

                 Lunch at Flip-side Café

                 (emphasis on alternative food)

Plan live food shopping list for next week

7

Nutrients and Dietary Guidelines

 

Salad Bar/Baked Potato lab

Knife techniques, Garnishing

 

Lab Salad Presentation

Food service equipment/Pasta video for next week.

 

Lab:  Live food (wet granola, salmon spread, salad or stir fry)

8

Nutrient density/whole foods, fiber

 

Whole wheat muffin lab

Pasta video

Start sprouts

 

Pasta lab w/homemade sauces

Week 1 – Planning Cooking Video

 

Lab:  Pasta and sauce from scratch

9

Sugar in our diet, The Pyramid

 

Pretzel lab

Nutrient Review, Sugar, Fat 

Plan next weeks labs

Sprouting

Labs using sprouts - (wet granola, salmon spread, salad etc.) Or juicing

Field Trip – Culinary Academy BSU

                    Lunch included

10

Role of Breakfast and snacks

Diet log (2 days) & evaluation

 

Pizza lab

International Meal (Final) Planning Week 1

 

Lab:  Free Lab?

Week 2 – Cooking Video

 

Lab:  Bake & freeze cakes, live food labs

11

Fats in our food and diet

Super Size Me Video

 

Chili and Corn Bread labs

Legumes

 

Lab: legumes/sampling of recipes (Dal, Garbanzo salad, white bean soup.

Field Trip – Life’s Kitchen

                    Lunch included

12

Manners & Etiquette

 

Chicken Stir Fry lab

Vegetarian Diets

 

Vegetarian labs of choice (vegetarian lasagna, cabbage stir fry, tofu, soy/nut burgers)

Week 3 – Cooking Video

Shopping list & costing estimates due

Final plans for filming.

 

Lab:  Cake Decorating

13

 

Thanksgiving Feast Preparations

 

 

Thanksgiving Feast Preparations

 

Thanksgiving Feast

14

Meal Planning based on indiv. Needs.

 

Mexican Rice & Quesadilla’s lab

Plan Practical Finals – International Dinners

Costing estimates for shopping  Week 2

 

Lab:?

Week 4 - Cooking Video – filming group 1

 

Lab:  Video foods

15

Plan Demo’s, Notebook Covers

 

Holiday Treat Lab (Christmas Cookies)

 

Group 1:  Practical Final, International Dinner

Group 2: Research an aspect of nutrition & health

 

Week 5 - Cooking Video – filming group 2

 

Lab: Video foods

16

Supermarket Persuasion Video

 

Christmas Lab (cookies)

Christmas labs (Pecan Rolls)

½ day: Christmas labs (cheeseballs, caramels, peanut brittle)

17

Eating Disorders

 

Demo’s (Practical Final)

Group 2:  Practical Final, International Dinner

Group 1:  Research an aspect of nutrition & health

Presentation of Cooking Videos (Practical Final) and evaluations.

 

Lab:  Free choice?

18

Notebooks, Final

 

Room Clean-up – No Labs

Update Notebooks, Final

 

Room Clean-up – No Labs

Update Notebooks, Final

 

Room Clean-up – No Labs

Fill In Ideas

Spaghetti Squash/pasta, lab

 

Free lab? (1 section max-med. Diff.)

Free lab? (1-2 sections, more diff.)