Cooking Matters - Weeks 1 and 2

Cooking Matters, a nutrition and culinary program provided to our students in association with the Cornell Cooperative Extension, is well under way at the Hornell Hight School.  This class combines nutrition and the culinary arts to teach students how to live healthier, happier lives.  Joined by Chef Ken Sanford and with the help of Wegman's Supermarket in Hornell, the students have had two weeks of programming.

In week one, students cooked delicious Black Bean Quesadillas.  In week two, they made cornbread and turkey chili.  Chef Sanford was also kind enough to bring in a wide variety of exotic fruit for students to try, including starfruit, papaya, mangos, various types of berries, with standards like watermelon, cantaloupe, and strawberries mixed in.  It was very generous our Chef and Wegman's to do that, and I know the students appreciated it!

Chef Ken Sanford with some of our Cooking Matters students, as they prepare Black Bean Quesadillas.