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Northern California Wildfires

Northern California Wildfires

This is NPR’s post on Facebook about the fires in northern California. The fires are fast moving and deadly. It’s greatly affecting the region’s wine country. Wineries have burned and it will be a long road to recovery for the tourism industry. NPR (Links to an external site.)Links […]

Feeding America

Feeding America

Link (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6323573170410528768 The above article was posted on Linkedin by Feeding America (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.. Twenty years ago, when I was in culinary school, the focus on the farm to table movement began. […]

Magnolia Bakery’s Vanilla Cupcake Recipe

Magnolia Bakery’s Vanilla Cupcake Recipe

Years ago when I worked at the Viking Cooking School we had a great cupcake recipe that we used for the teen classes. I miss that recipe, but I think I’ll try this one.   https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/11466-magnolia-bakerys-cupcakes?smid=fb-nytdining&smtyp=cur

Trying Something New-Instagram

Trying Something New-Instagram

Instagram.com Link (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. Instagram is a new platform that I’ve explored. I have an account but haven’t used it too much.  I’ve always used YouTube for its culinary content in the classroom.  My high school students enjoy watching […]

Experiences with Social Media

Experiences with Social Media

I began using YouTube in the classroom last year. My students made cooking videos with the help of the video production class. They loved it! But it was a lot of work to produce. We also used YouTube to learn how to fabricate a rabbit. […]