COOK! Culinary Programs

This summer, my daughter completed her second year with Cook! Culinary camp, and again, she had a wonderful time. For both years, every day of the two weeks, she was eager to get to camp for the day, and reluctant to leave at the end. The kids were exposed to a wonderful variety of types of foods, cooking skills, and local Bay Area chefs, all in the fabulous Paulding & Co. professional kitchen. One of the many things that I like about the camp is that it seems to be tailored to the interests of the group in that session; so rather than a rigid set of recipes to follow, the kids are allowed to have some say in the recipes that will be chosen. Some of the items my daughter made include pavlova, beautiful decorated cakes, pasta from scratch with a tomato sauce made from tomatoes purchased by the students at the local farmers market, mole sauce from scratch, etc. We are already looking forward to seeing what they come up with for next summer!

My kids just finished a week with Tracy et. al. at Camp Cookin (not the real name) and it was amazing and I was not even there! I did show up for the Friday demonstration that really showed me what a great operation they have going on there. These kids made some awesome munchies. Three savory bites and two desserts for us to try. Fish cakes with mango salsa. Veggie tapenade on puff pastry topped with mashed potatoes. THE BOMB. The space is incredible. They have it all. I cannot wait to have a cooking party there. Check it out.