This month we made carrot cake and cream cheese frosting. Students grated the carrots as well as completing all the other steps in the recipes. Our craft this month was a portrait of Peter Rabbit, using cardboard and one of the “wells” of an egg carton. We had so much fun making the art […]
Honey! We’re in the kitchen! April classes focused on honey orange blossom cupcakes and bee art projects. Our craft project was a bee-themed fabric sachet – lavender and cinnamon! – festooned with a bee-shaped button. Students learned a basic running stitch as well as how to sew on a button. The cupcakes were both yummy […]
We held two separate sessions in March: a spring break camp and our regular monthly classes. Our spring break camp made a spinich and chicken pasta dish and mini bundt cakes. The theme of our regular classes was My Neighbor Totoro, that Japanese anime (is there any other kind?) favorite. Both age groups made soot […]
Time to jazz things up! Jazz apples, that is. For our February 2025 classes, we made a Jazz apple Dutch baby (that’s a baked pancake to you). Our art project was based on the cover of Dave Brubeck’s album, Take Five.
It’s a new year! To kick off 2025, our cooking classes were dedicated to Paris. We made omelettes, rataouille, and Madeleine tea cakes. All from scratch, of course. Our art project inspiration was the work of Henri Matisse.
Tis the holiday season! For this month’s class, we made and decorated gingerbread men cookies. And because the holidays are the “season of light” we used oil pastels to create our own candle glow.
The November cooking class made pumpkin scones with maple frosting and blackberry jam – both from scratch. We also made a leaf and twig art project that has a flameless candle illuminating the modge podged-paper. We had a lot of fun and we learned a lot about how to safely can fruit. (Hint: cover the […]
Ms. Claire was out of the country during September this year. She sends a photo of Morocco and a reminder that October cooking classes include cookies to celebrate Day of the Dead as well as bat cookies. Registration is open now for the October 19th classes. Children ages 4-6 attend the 10 a.m. to noon […]
We had three cooking camps in July 2024: two Camp Cupcakes for students ages 4-6 and one Samson Cooking School for children ages 7-11. In our July cupcake camps, we made cupcakes and frosting from scratch. We also made “monster” cupcakes and “monster” art projects. Every Camp Cupcake student receives a custom apron and a […]
June saw the first Camp Cupcake of summer 2024. This camp taught basic tools and techniques of the kitchen: mixers versus whisks, egg yolks separated from egg whites, and healthy sweets versus treats. Every day also included themed art projects and games enhancing both eye-hand coordination and the cross-lateral movement so crucial to the development […]
