Kingsborough Community College The City University of New York
Syllabus
The Culinary Experience: Food Careers across Campus
Course Information: Jonathan Deutsch, Ph.D., Department of Tourism and Hospitality, Kingsborough Community
College, CUNY, 718-368-5809 Lab Manager Cindy Kadi, 718-368-5944 1 HS Elective Credit
What is this class about? This class is an active introduction to the world of food. Through projects in three
main areas:
We will explore what it takes to make it in these fields and what career opportunities
and college majors are available to you, at Kingsborough and elsewhere.
In doing so, you will also get a college experience that goes beyond the usual College
Now class. You will work in our professional kitchen with our professors and students
and really be a college student through this experience. We believe that the best
way to learn something important like whether college is right for you is to try it!
Texts Corriher, (1997) Cookwise: The Secrets of Cooking Revealed, Morrow.
Menzel and D'Aluisio, (2005) Hungry Planet: What the World Eats, Ten Speed.
Schlosser (2006) Chew On This: Everything You Don't Want to Know About Fast Food, Houghton Mifflin.
And other supplementary texts, recipes and web resources
Topics and Projects
- Cultural Foods and Nutrition: Why Do We Eat What We Eat? Gain appreciation for the
complex roles of food in society and food fundamentals.
- Culinary Arts and Management: Develop and pitch a concept for an entrepreneurial enterprise
in food and develop basic culinary skills.
- Experimental Foods/Food Science: Develop and analyze a food product brought to market
using tools of sensory analysis and following scientific method.
Cultural Foods and Nutrition
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