October 2023 Issue
Gold Medal Classroom:
The official ezine for CAFE | October 2023 issue
FEATURES:
Studying abroad is not reserved for students alone. Zambian people teach lessons that translate into US culinary programs.
Understanding students’ needs when mental health enters the classroom. Help students suffering from excessive stress with anxiety-relieving strategies.
Culinary math teaching series revisited. Review helpful culinary math teaching techniques from a talented math culinary arts instructor.
Teaching a reel generation. Creating realistic expectations for students immersed in Instagram reels and TikTok. Instant gratification does not come in an instant.
COLUMNS:
Think Tank: Creating a setting that points toward a long, healthy, happy life. Culinary educators need to help students understand how to pass on this knowledge to the consumers they will serve.
Guest Columnist Dr. Jennifer Denlinger: Learning the sweet sweetener lesson. Students begin understanding the relationship between sugars/sweeteners and nutrition by completing a thoroughly sweet tasting chart.
BREAKING NEWS:
Earning and learning: Hamra Enterprises launches on-site homework program to all locations nationwide and adds cash bonuses for good grades.
Plant Forward + Globally Inspired = Mushrooms: Mushroom Council and Culinary Institute of America launch “Mushrooms in the Plant-Forward Kitchen” video series.
Potatoes are a baker’s secret ingredient. Swapping spuds in baked goods means more moist, tender products without altering flavor profiles.
Selecting the right nontraditional pasta for healthy dishes. Changing semolina flour pasta for chickpea and red lentil options requires knowledge about differing mouthfeel, flavor and application temperature.
Pass the mustard and know the facts. Teaching mustard’s flavor and heat: More than just a spice and hotdog condiment.