Seattle Cooking Classes for Kids
Friday July 17, 2009
Acclaimed Seattle chef Tom Douglas, his daughter Loretta Douglas and Premera Blue Cross have teamed up to create Made from Scratch, a summer series of cooking classes for children ages 8-12.
If you have kids at home on summer break that are bored, you might want to enroll them in one of the last two classes available this summer:
1. Pizza – Saturday, July 25, 2009 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
A pizza class wouldn’t be complete without a visit to Serious Pie, where kids will see the stone-encased applewood burning pizza ovens and watch the chefs in action. Kids will learn about yeast and how to slice vegetables and pepperoni, in addition to making their own pizza dough, tomato sauce and pesto. The session will include lessons on why it’s important to think about using lean meats, vegetables and whole grain pizza crust, as well as side dishes to help add a healthy balance to this kid-favorite food.
2. Fruits, Vegetables and Ice Cream – Saturday, August 8, 2009 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
With the guiding philosophy that fruits and vegetables are “great as food, great as art,” kids will make food sculptures, toss salads, sauté vegetables and create their own dried chips, fruit popsicles, fresh pressed juices and fresh homemade ice cream. They’ll visit the Belltown P-Patch community garden, enjoy blind tastings of different fruits and vegetables, and learn how it’s easy and necessary to integrate them into meals.
All Made from Scratch classes are taught by the Tom Douglas Restaurants team of chefs at the Palace Kitchen. Each class is $30 per child including lunch and snacks and class size is limited to 20 children. To reserve a space, please contact Loretta Douglas at LorettaD@tomdouglas.com or call 206-448-2001.
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If you have kids at home on summer break that are bored, you might want to enroll them in one of the last two classes available this summer:
1. Pizza – Saturday, July 25, 2009 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
A pizza class wouldn’t be complete without a visit to Serious Pie, where kids will see the stone-encased applewood burning pizza ovens and watch the chefs in action. Kids will learn about yeast and how to slice vegetables and pepperoni, in addition to making their own pizza dough, tomato sauce and pesto. The session will include lessons on why it’s important to think about using lean meats, vegetables and whole grain pizza crust, as well as side dishes to help add a healthy balance to this kid-favorite food.
2. Fruits, Vegetables and Ice Cream – Saturday, August 8, 2009 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
With the guiding philosophy that fruits and vegetables are “great as food, great as art,” kids will make food sculptures, toss salads, sauté vegetables and create their own dried chips, fruit popsicles, fresh pressed juices and fresh homemade ice cream. They’ll visit the Belltown P-Patch community garden, enjoy blind tastings of different fruits and vegetables, and learn how it’s easy and necessary to integrate them into meals.
All Made from Scratch classes are taught by the Tom Douglas Restaurants team of chefs at the Palace Kitchen. Each class is $30 per child including lunch and snacks and class size is limited to 20 children. To reserve a space, please contact Loretta Douglas at LorettaD@tomdouglas.com or call 206-448-2001.
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Join in a Seattle / Tacoma forum discussion.
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Comments
My 10 year old Goddaughter attended the Mac& Cheese class and is signed up for the Pizza Class. She had such a wonderful time and continues to talk about all she learned about “real food”. She is is so excited about the next class. They really know how to make it fun for the kids. This is the highlight of her summer!