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Written By Linda L. Esterson Photographed By Kirsten Beckerman
Learning the basics and more at Cooking Camp
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osemary Wonnell loves to cook. It all started at age 7 when her father taught her to bake cookies. Then, two summers ago, at age 10, she enrolled in Cooking Camp Classic, hosted by the Classic Catering People in Owings Mills. The camp, which provides children ages 5-13 a chance to learn chef skills, has been offered since 2002. The two-hour summer classes feature different themes each week, including Sunday Suppers, Northern Italian Specialties, Dim Sum-Little Bits of Asia, Burritos, Empanadas and Quesadillas, and Baking and Decorating. “I love to cook,” says Rosemary, now 11, after her second year attending camp. “If you want to be a chef, it’s the number one camp.” Among her favorite meals this summer were the Dim Sum class, during which she learned to make sushi and fortune cookies, which were delicious and buttery and so flavorful, she says. Rosemary also enjoyed learning to make marinated chicken, Italian stromboli, peach chutney, and macaroni and cheese cupcakes. “Now I know how to make all of this wonderful food,” she says. “It’s not like making cookies with my dad; it’s really cooking. It makes me feel so professional and wonderful. I feel so proud of myself after making this
wonderful food. “The best part,” Rosemary adds, “is after we make it, our parents come in the room and we get to eat the food. It’s always fantastic.” At each session, students learn to cook a dessert, vegetable, protein and salad. Older students in the 9 to13-year-old class are able to chop vegetables and meats while the younger children, in the 5 to 8-yearold class, have ingredients readied for them. They prepare the recipes, with the help of Classic chefs, and enjoy the meals they’ve prepared. They also take home each meal, enough for a family of four. Each student receives a recipe box, complete with the recipe cards for the meals they’ve prepared at camp. “Parents love food and they want to get their kids excited about foods,” says Therese Harding, an executive chef at the Classic Catering People. “We try to widen their palates. We introduce and they try foods and find out they do like it.” Among the new foods introduced were avocados, mangos and fresh herbs grown in Classic’s herb garden like thyme, basil, chives, oregano, ginger and lemon grass. Rosemary, in particular, was excited to learn she liked vegetables. “They could make boiled brussel sprouts taste like chocolate,” she jokes. “They could take brussel sprouts and See Camp Classic on page 34
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