‘COOKING UP SUMMER USA!’
Kids Ages 8-16
Hey Kids it’s summer time – let your cooking adventure begin!
Cooking Techniques & Skills learned in a fun environment:
Beginning Knife Skills I Liquid & Dry Measuring I Following Recipes
Operating Kitchen Equipment I Kitchen Safety & Cleanliness
Harvesting Herbs from our Cook’s Gardens

Monday, July 13th – Thursday, July 16th, 2026
9 AM – Noon
$325 per person, 4 class series

SOURDOUGH PANCAKES

Monday, July 13th
Recipes include: SOURDOUGH PANCAKES – the number one recipe the kids requested to learn when asked at our 2025 camps!, we’ll make our pancake batter with sourdough starter to create light and fluffy pancakes, cook on a griddle until golden, serve topped with your choices of blueberry honey butter and warm Michigan maple syrup; BLUEBERRY HONEY BUTTER – this is a compound butter made with dried blueberries and honey; HOMEMADE BREAKFAST SAUSAGE PATTIES – hand formed breakfast sausage patties made with ground pork and fresh herbs from the Le Chat Gourmet cook’s garden; WAFFLE HASHBROWN POTATOES – shredded par cooked potatoes cooked golden and crispy in a waffle iron!

TEX-MEX ENCHILADAS

Tuesday, July 14th
Recipes include: TEX-MEX CHICKEN & CHEESE ENCHILADAS – oven baked chicken enchiladas made with corn tortillas filled with shredded rotisserie chicken, placed in a baking dish, smothered in enchilada red sauce and Monterey jack cheese; ENCHILADA RED SAUCE – we’ll start with making a roux to thicken our sauce, then whisk in chicken broth, tomato paste and Tex-Mex spices; CARAMEL CUPCAKES – you’ll use a pastry decorating bag to pipe caramel frosting on your fresh baked yellow cupcakes, then garnish with caramel popcorn; DULCE de LECHE CARAMEL FROSTING – buttercream frosting combined with dulce de leche caramel sauce.

CALIFORNIA SUSHI

Wednesday, July 15th
Recipes include: CALIFORNIA SUSHI ROLLS – build your own California sushi roll, nori sheet filled with sushi rice and your choice of crabsticks, avocado slices, wasabi paste and cucumber batons; SUSHI RICE – learn the traditional techniques in making sushi rice, cooked short grain rice drizzled with a homemade rice mirin seasoning, cooled by hand with Asian fans to create the slightly sticky sushi rice with a shiny gloss finish; GHIRARDELLI CHOCOLATE BARS with OATMEAL CRUMBLE – an oatmeal cookie-type crust topped with decadent San Francisco Ghirardelli chocolate filling, then finished with a crispy oatmeal crumble topping.

CHICAGO DEEP DISH PIZZA

Thursday, July 16th
Recipes include: CHICAGO DEEP DISH PIZZA ‘Make Your Own Deep Dish Pizza’ – hand rolled deep dish pizza dough with your choice of toppings (meatballs, Italian cheese, bell peppers, sweet onions, spinach); CHICAGO PIZZA CRUST – a yeast raised, Sicilian bread-type pizza dough; CHICAGO PIZZA SAUCE – a homemade pizza sauce consisting of both tomato sauce and paste, plus oregano; ITALIAN MEATBALLS – hand rolled Italian meatballs made with ground meat, minced garlic cloves, breadcrumbs and shredded parmesan cheese; ITALIAN SUMMER TIRAMISU – layers of ladyfinger cakes, summer strawberry sauce and hand whipped vanilla bean whipped cream.