Cool-inary School

Emily

This past week I have been going to Creative Cooks Culinary Center in Brooklyn. It's a cooking camp for kids like me to learn to cook and try new recipes. There are two counselors, Emily and Michelle. There are about 12 kids, from 5 years old to

11 (me). The teachers are really nice and great cooks.

Over the week, we made lots of different foods. Each week the camp chooses a different theme; ours was summer foods. We tried a new recipe each day. On Monday, we made fried chicken. We dunked it in buttermilk, rolled it in cornbread then fried it in a restaurant fryer. We also made potato salad to go with it. It had celery, onions, mayo, salt, pepper, and a little paprika. It was so good I came back for seconds.

The next day we made chicken again, but orange chicken packets. It is a piece of chicken with a slice of orange and garlic, butter, fresh mushrooms, and beans. It is a camping meal. I really liked it; it had the right amount of seasonings.

Thursday we made pasta salad and deviled eggs. For the deviled eggs we took all the shell off the egg, pulled out the yolk and mixed it with mayo, salt and pepper. Then squeezed the mixture back into the white of the egg. It was the best deviled egg I have had in my life.

I love cooking, so I had a great time at this camp. I wanted to learn and improve, and I did. I can't wait for next year. You can get more information about the camp: click here