Mouthwatering smells? Fresh baked goods? Student chefs? Ms. Tucker’s new window, Cooking Class, creates them all!

In this class, students are immersed into the world of baking and are learning both baking and confectionary skills. Nothing like this has ever been offered at Prep before and Ms. Tucker is extremely excited for the year!

As the year has just started, the class has only finished two baking projects. When interviewed, Gabe Paris-Moe (’20) was willing to share his cookies and some insight into the class: “We basically just bake stuff and learn how to bake stuff so we can bake stuff at home. So far, we’ve baked lemon blueberry muffins, oh my God! they were so good, and chocolate chip cookies.” He goes on to say that he has already learned so many techniques and so information about baking, emphasizing the fact that he now knows how to peel an apple.

The teacher of these skills, Ms. Tucker, is happy that her students are learning so quickly. One of her main goals for the class was to educate and create excellent bakers of her students, and so far, she has. However, creating good bakers is only second to, of course, having fun and sharing the fun (a.k.a baked goods!) with friends and family. But, fun can occur in other forms as well. When asked if an accident has happened in the kitchen thus for, Ms. Tucker laughed and replied with a story: “We were mixing the ingredients of apple pie crust together, and one student turned the mixer on high with the dry ingredients in the bowl.” Needless to say, there was a flour explosion all over the kitchen, but Ms. Tucker deemed it ok, saying “I’ve done it too.”

All in all, cooking Class is a great place to bake, have fun, and make messes. The baked goods that are produced from the 2^nd floor during window periods are always coveted among students. Many people have been asking if the Cooking Class will be producing food for all of the students after school. Ms. Tucker replied with a firm “no,” saying that the proportions are not made big enough this semester. However, next semester may be different, so just in case, be prepared for anything!