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Cooking and Nutrition

A japanese meal created in the Culinary Arts Program

Foods and Nutrition / Culinary Arts department of San Diego Continuing Education offers many cooking and nutrition classes. These classes are suitable for students seeking a career in food preparation or for students seeking to enhance their lives through tasty food and good nutrition.

Course Descriptions

  • Professional Bakeshop Skills

    Learn bakeshop skills, baking and pastry making. Explore the basic culinary skills in the baking industry from baking theory and techniques to hands-on production techniques used in working kitchens and bakeries. Students will prepare a variety of baked shop products. Basic plating techniques will be highlighted.

  • Bread making

    Learn tips and techniques for successful bread making. Nutritional aspects of a variety freshly baked homemade breads.

  • Catering

    Explore catering as a career. Plan menu and adapt recipes. Learn quantity food preparation, serving techniques, business practices and operations.

  • Eat For A Healthy Lifestyle

    Learn to eat for optimum fitness. Information for ALL ages groups on choosing nutrient-dense foods for maximum energy and health. Learn about diet/exercise/disease interaction to enhance your active, healthy lifestyle. Menu planning/preparation ideas include light and lean breakfasts, lunches and dinners as well as special dietary meal planning.

  • Ethnic/Regional Foods

    Learn to prepare a variety of ethnic and regional foods. Compare ingredients, food preparation techniques and traditions of differing cultures. The course includes recipe adaptation to achieve maximum nutrition.

  • Menu Planning/Menu Planning Basics

    Learn new ideas for exciting, economical and nutritious meals. Enhance eating patterns with nutritious meals and menu planning principles.

  • Nutrition Basics/Introduction to Nutrition

    This course provides an introduction to nutrition, including the current Food Guide Pyramid, cholesterol, fats, sugar, sodium, vitamins and minerals. Emphasis will be placed on practical application of food selection and recipe modification to maximize the nutritional value of foods.

  • Time-Saving Cooking

    Learn to make cooking fast and easy using time-saving menu planning and food preparation techniques. This course includes how to select nutritious foods using the current food pyramid, safety and sanitation techniques and the selection of use f various time-saving equipment, appliances and tools.

Please check current class schedule for availability of courses, as some are not available each session.

Cooking and Nutrition Class Schedules

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