Category Archives: Kitchen
Maki Sushi
This week, the seventh graders continued to hone their kitchen skills by paring, peeling, slicing, and chopping various garden vegetables to create our version of maki sushi. We prepared garden radishes, daikon sprouts, carrots, sushi rice, avocado, and tamago (a traditional Japanese egg dish cooked on the griddle). These ingredients were put in bowls in [...]
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A Trip to Spain
Though it was hard for all of us to come back on Monday from a relaxing, two-week winter break, we had a new grade level waiting for us in the kitchen upon our return. 7th graders bring a different kind of energy to the classroom, and Esther and I can only marvel at how many [...]
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A Special Breakfast
This week, the 6th graders entered the kitchen to find at their tables a mysterious looking grinder and ten little bowls, each labeled with the name of a whole grain or seed. Their task for the class: to grind, cook, and savor their own hot, multi-grain cereal. The grains we use vary from class to [...]
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Knife Skills
In their second class after the kitchen orientation, the sixth graders baked pan de muertos in honor of Dia de los Muertos. The sweet, brown sugar-encrusted rolls were formed into the shape of each student’s choice, to commemorate someone who has passed on. By far one of my favorites was a mini-loaf in the form [...]
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The Olive Harvest
We have waited in eager anticipation of the olive harvest, and this week the majority of the olives have reached the desired plumpness, color, and maturity. Olives are fun to pick, and many students enjoy climbing into the lower branches of the trees to harvest the firm, round fruits. The ripe olives are a beautiful, [...]
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The Sixth Grade Kitchen Orientation
We can truly feel autumn in the air now as the sixth grade math/science classes finish their eight-week introduction to the garden. The students, who will return to the garden in January, will spend the rest of their time before the winter recess exploring the kitchen classroom with their humanities teachers.
On their first day in [...]
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Monday’s Tomato Harvest
This year, we are growing about 20 different varieties of tomatoes in the garden. All of them are considered “heirlooms” except for two hybrid varieties: Early Girl and Sun Gold. We built a temporary fence around the tomato patch to keep out the deer, which has greatly increased the bounty of our harvest.
With the students, [...]
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Summer at the Edible Schoolyard
Now that our summer program and training academies have concluded, the kitchen classroom is closed as the King custodial staff waxes the floors, the office is preparing for a new year of volunteers and community events, and the garden staff finally has time to spend the entirety of the day cultivating, planting, and harvesting the [...]
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A Day to Beat All Days!
We had quite a day at the Edible Schoolyard today. Our summer program is still running at full speed and they started off the day by playing Capture the Flag in the garden. This got the kids very excited as they ran, jumped, rolled, crawled and plotted to get the other teams flag. While the [...]
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Good Things Come to Those Who Wait