Intensive Learning @ MFS
The World At Your Fingertips
We began our fifth day of Food: Cooking, Culture, and Custom’s with a game of jeopardy centered around food and culture. We learned lots of cool, random fact about cooking. For example, we learned that forcing oil and water to mix is called emulsion. We also learned that evaporating all or virtually all water...
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Today was the Food Intensive Learning group’s first day not traveling off campus. We began by watching an episode of Anthony Bourdain’s Parts Unknown, which gave us a glimpse into Senegalese food culture. We then started our first cooking challenge of the week: a breakfast meal which needed to include Asian fusion. Our group...
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Today, we learned about James LoCascio’s experience as a chef and his process of becoming one. He regaled us with stories of his childhood, and his many encounters with famous people while in the restaurant business. Later, we went to Sunseng Supermarket to shop for our upcoming cooking challenges for the next two days....
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Day 2 began with a taste test competition. Each team sent a representative to be blindfolded and taste the various ingredients, fruits, and vegetables. We then visited the India Bazaar in Voorhees. We split up into groups and took part in a store wide scavenger hunt. Each group had to find a unique item...
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Today, the Food, Cooking, Culture, and Customs Intensive Learning started off the day with a game of jeopardy about food and cooking around the world. Then, the group went to Rowan College of Burlington County (RCBC). We met Chef James and Chef Sherry, who demonstrated to us how to cook a meal that included...
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