Culinary Arts Classes

Remember "Home Economics"? If you're under 46 you likely do not.

About the Class

• Instructor
  Chef Nick Cinquegranna, Executive Chef at Seven Springs Farm Winery.
  Chef Nick has cooked at some of the finest restaurants and private clubs in Boston, New Orleans, and San Francisco.  He has won multiple cooking competitions and is also the founder of "Chef Nicks" a spice blends company based at Carthage's Seven Springs Farm Winery.
   
• Major Topics
  • Diet and Nutrition for your family.
  • Family menu planning.
  • Shopping for your family food.
  • Make every meal an adventure.
  • Cooking techniques for the "real world".
  • Cooking techniques for "special events".
  • American regional dishes and menu's.
     
• Format is "Private" YouTube Video
  • Free to library card holders
  • Free to all Society of Patrons members
  • Free to anybody that contributed more than $10 to the Foundation

Almost all high schools in the USA discontinued "Home Economics", as well as "Shop" classes decades ago.  Perhaps they figured that young people no longer need to know anything about nutrition, menu planning, shopping, cooking, and other domestic skills.

Yes, a young person can go to a community college and takes a "Culinary Arts" class, but that takes two years and it is significant overkill for the young woman or man that simply wants to feed her/his family and friends.

Why bother?  These are skills that can save you (or your family) thousands of dollars every year.  There are also societal benefits to having a family sharing shopping and cooking tasks and eating breakfast and/or dinner at home.  With a little education, a small amount of creativity, and a desire to build family and friendship connections that will span generations, why not make every meal and adventure.

This class is currently in the planning and scripting development phase.  Check back often to learn when it "goes live".