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The Holidays in @FraserHtsSec Home Ec
#fhlearn #fhcatering and Food Art 11
Storified by Mr. Joe Tong· Thu, Dec 13 2012 22:18:15
Sticky #gingerbread a la Nigella Lawson #fhlearn #fhcatering #holiday #bakingJoe Tong
The fav of many: Broccoli Salad #fhcatering #fhlearn #sd36learnJoe Tong
Turkey prepped and ready to go for our Food Art Holiday Dinner today! #fhlearn #sd36learnJoe Tong
Testing a chocolate truffle recipe. Smells amazing #fhlearnJoe Tong
Decorated truffle! #fhlearn #sd36learnJoe Tong
Birthday cupcake #fhlearn #sd36learnJoe Tong
Deep fried bocconcini – holiday dinner 2012 #fhlearnJoe Tong
One of our grads. @crotoscro, getting our gravy and cranberry sauce ready! #fhlearnJoe Tong
Bird is out of the oven! #fhlearn #holidaydinnerJoe Tong
Mash! #fhlearn #holidaydinnerJoe Tong
Vegetable tempura galore #fhlearn #holidaydinnerJoe Tong
Stuffing! #fhlearn #holidaydinnerJoe Tong
Pastries! #fhlearnJoe Tong
Cupcakes #fhlearnJoe Tong
Cupcakes #fhlearnJoe Tong
Cupcakes again! #fhlearnJoe Tong
More pastries #fhlearnJoe Tong
Beautiful mess of holiday food #fhlearn #sd36learnJoe Tong
Holiday dinner with guests #social #holidaydinner #sd36learn #fhlearnJoe Tong
I am proud of my first Food Art 11 class for putting on such a spectacular and intimate dinner for their peers and for some friends of Food Art 11. Students created their own recipes after being randomly assigned a particular course for our holiday meal. With little direction, they came up with the beautiful pieces you see here with very little top-down direction from me. Yes, at times it was messy and unpredictable – but did they figure out things for themselves? You bet. What you see here is the end result and everyone is happy. There definitely were some bumps along the way and we learned how to adapt together. As Mr. Tong usually says – “…such is life.”