Culinary Arts

N. Lasher (a.k.a. Kthulah)

kthulah@kthulah.com

To further the kitchen skills of good food enthusiasts, and add some variety and fun.

If you have never cooked before, or have some discomfort in the kitchen, you may want to take Cooking Basics, another great class on UniversalClass first.

All required reading assignments are available free on the internet, or can be found in the shared files.  They are provided as supplements.  All recipes published in the class, however, are either public domain or the inventions or deductions of the instructor, Nicole Lasher, or family members who have given permission for them to be published, and for financial compensation to be received through her.

• A fully stocked kitchen.  What this means exactly will vary by region, but each lesson tells you what you'll need, and what can be substituted for what.
• (optional) digital camera or conventional camera and scanner
• (optional) image editing software that will allow you to resize photos to no more than 700x700 pixels
• (optional) paper and a marker with which one can credit photos of their assignments.
• If you do not have a camera or a webcam, then I have no way of checking that you did a cooking assignment, so you will need to be more descriptive in the written parts of the assignments.

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Course Outline:

Each lesson has an assignment and a quiz, as well as a topic in the forums.

Lesson 1 - Basic Principles and Breakfast

Covers the basic principles of natural cooking, and breakfast dishes.

Lesson 2 - Chai and Hospitality

Making chai, real coffee, and hospitality dishes.  One is a cookie recipe using only honey as a sweetener.

Lesson 3 - Lunch

Salads, Rice, Bento, and other lunchable type foods.

Lesson 4 - Advanced Sandwiching

Bread making and Kebab

Lesson 5 - Soups, Stocks, and Stews

Serious Chicken Soup, Bulgogi, making bone stocks, and Pasta Dumplings

Lesson 6 - Meat

Meat basics, Seasoning Mixes, Pot Roast, and Chicken Biryani

Lesson 7 - Sauces, Starches, and Other Extras

Gravies, Panne Sauce, Risotto, and Rice with Raisins and Almonds.

Lesson 8 - Desserts

Tiramisu, Chocolate Cake, and Fruit Salad

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Modern Traditional :  Culture and fashion combine to bring you a wonderfully eclectic site with a variety of interesting information articles, including how to make Japanese and African style lunches.