November 2024 Issue
Gold Medal Classroom:
The official ezine for CAFE | November 2024 issue
FEATURES:
Recovering food waste – how an action plan came to fruition. CIA’s Robert Perillo shares his journey planning and implementing a food waste recovery program that donated over 121,000 pounds of food since its inception.
Instilling business skills throughout the curriculum: Emily Willardson designed several business opportunities for students that cemented pride, business skills and a deepening culinary spirit.
Educating rising culinarians about food donation: A comprehensive lesson plan focusing on discussing and comprehending food waste and how it can be curbed through donation.
COLUMNS:
Future Thinking in Education: Lifelong learning is like riding a bike. Discovering the desire for excellence drives the need to learn and improve.
Dr. Jennifer Denlinger: Teaching yield quantity from fruit through poultry helps solidify the foundation of food costs.
BREAKING NEWS:
Cultural Culinary Innovations: transforming ingredients for sustainable food practices webinar. One-hour event hosted by the National Pork Board, USA Potatoes and McCormick Science Institute exploring how traditional culinary techniques can be adapted for modern, sustainable eating.
CAFÉ conference and a call for presenters: Conference details announced and deadline extended for education presenters.
ADDITIONAL ARTICLES FROM THE GMC ARCHIVES:
50-Minute Classroom: Teaching Thanksgiving Side Dishes: Does anything scare new cooks more than gravy? And what to do when faced with a sweet potato AND a yam? Chef Weiner explains how educators can assuage students’ fears of preparing traditional Thanksgiving sides from scratch—and teach it all successfully in 50 minutes.
McClaskey Culinary Institute students support community engagement activities from Thanksgiving for hospice families to Black History Month.
Utah Valley University instructor Troy Wilson honored for lending his and his students’ time and talents to several events serving thousands of people and raising thousands of dollars for event sponsors in the process.
The Cyclical Nature of Turkey Farming: Thanksgiving day turkeys grown from poult with care, love and experience in northern Minnesota.