Gourmet Foods: Nutrition & Wellness - Year

This course offers students the opportunity to further their knowledge of the relationship of diet and exercise to a healthy lifestyle. It includes the management of time, energy, and money to provide adequate food for the individual and family. Nutritional needs, safety, and sanitation practices, and use and care of kitchen equipment provide a framework for the laboratory experiences in basic food preparation. Content includes preparing foods for special diets, creating meals with time to spare, learning about foods for entertaining, preparing various ethnic dishes, and exposure to various food related careers.