Cooking
Learn from local chefs, cooks and bakers, and discover delicious, healthy food ideas for your busy lifestyle!
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Courses
- Beginner Cookie Decorating
- Cupcake Decorating
- DYI Food Prep for Backpacking
- Let's Make Biscotti
- Vegan and Gluten Free Baking
Beginner Cookie Decorating
If you’ve never worked with royal icing or have dabbled just a little, this class will help you get the ball rolling. We will work step by step on each cookie to learn the various decorating techniques used with royal icing, specifically piping/outlining, flooding, and wet-on-wet techniques. There are five cookie designs planned, and we will keep things rolling to get them all completed by the end of class. You will be taking them home with you in a bakery box, along with a royal icing recipe, a sugar cookie recipe, a decorating tool, a cookie cutter and a packet of seasonal sprinkles and/or cookie decorations. All
supplies are provided. This semester, class will be shortened to two hours by offering an informational handout, as well as a video, via email, with basics of baking cookies, tips and tricks of the trade, and a list of places online to check out for additional tutorials, instructional blogs, recipes, and vendors/suppliers for those who want to take it to the
next level. Ages 10+.
Students who have to withdraw must do so at least 5 days prior to the start of the
course for a full refund.
5/2 - Cinco de Mayo Theme
6/26 - Summer Is Here Theme
Course on 5/2 will be held in Daycare Center, Room B06
Course on 6/26 will be held in Daycare Center, Room B05
Cindy Burek of Buttercup Cookie, Instructor
Schedule | Section | Seats Left | Cost | Register |
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Wednesday, 6/26 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm |
ZCOK-023 700 | 24 seats left | $69 | Opens 5/15 |
Cupcake Decorating
In this class, you will learn how to fill and use a decorating bag, as well as how to use a variety of piping tips to decorate cupcakes and cakes with borders, flowers, balloons and more. You will decorate six cupcakes over two sessions using decorating bags, candy and other supplies and can take those supplies home. All supplies are provided. Students who have to withdraw must do so at least one week prior to the start of the course for a full refund.
Course will be held in DCC, Room B05
Tara Connors, Instructor
Schedule | Section | Seats Left | Cost | Register |
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Mondays, 6/3 - 6/10 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm |
ZCOK-109 700 | 20 seats left | $94 | Opens 5/15 |
DYI Food Prep for Backpacking
Heading out to the wilderness for a day, or two, or four? You can skip the unhealthy processed foods and overpriced dehydrated packs and learn from a nutritionist and backpacker about how to prep for a delicious and nourishing adventure. You will taste, try, prep, and learn how to make your new adventure as healthy as it is exhilarating. You will lighten your pack load and choose real, whole foods with balanced nutrients, without throwing your pack weight off balance. Take control, save money, and invest in your vitality so you can enjoy a future with more life lived out in wild!
Course will be held in the Day Care Center, Room 135
Hollan Bonjukian, Instructor
Schedule | Section | Seats Left | Cost | Register |
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Thursday, 6/20 5:00 pm - 7:30 pm |
ZCOK-111 700 | 12 seats left | $49 | Opens 5/15 |
Let's Make Biscotti
In this hands-on class, learn techniques to make a perfect biscotti. These biscotti are crispy and delicious, make great gifts, and are excellent served with your favorite beverage. You’ll bake the biscotti, decorate them by dipping them in chocolate and sprinkles, and then take the biscotti and the recipes home with you. All supplies are provided. Please note: This class is open to students age 10 and older. Students ages 10 - 15 must be accompanied by an adult. Please bring an apron, wear closed toe shoes, and wear a hat or tie your hair up. Students who have to withdraw must do so at least one week prior to the start of the course for a full refund.
Course will be held in the Day Care Center, Room 135
Eileen Caliva, Instructor
Schedule | Section | Seats Left | Cost | Register |
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Tuesday, 6/18 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm |
ZCOK-110 700 | 10 seats left | $64 | Opens 5/15 |
Vegan and Gluten Free Baking
Baking without dairy, eggs and gluten? Can you really do that? Yes! In this class, we will make desserts that are 100 percent vegan, gluten free, and definitely 100 percent delicious. Indulge in these healthy yet decadent treats that won’t leave you with a sugar hangover like other sweets can. We will make brownies, banana bread, peanut butter fudge, and butter pecan ice cream. Every recipe has a healthy key ingredient that will surprise you! Recipes will be provided at the end of class. Course fee includes a $25 materials fee.
Course will be held in the Day Care Center, Room 135
Olivia Townsend, Instructor
Schedule | Section | Seats Left | Cost | Register |
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Thursday, 6/13 6:00 pm - 8:30 pm |
ZCOK-099 700 | 12 seats left | $55 | Opens 5/15 |
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The Office of Community, Professional and Workforce Development is interested in new and innovative instructors and course ideas that will be of interest to community members.
Get in Touch
Community, Professional and Workforce Development
Fax: (518) 629-8103
Regular Hours: Monday - Friday, 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Summer 2024 Hours (May 20 - July 26): Monday – Thursday, 8 a.m. – 4 p.m.; Friday, Closed
(excluding college holidays and vacations)