Cupcakes for the Freedom House

As the Advanced Foods students finished their semester of baking and global cuisine, we concluded the class with a world hunger unit.  In appreciation of all we have, we donated the 70 cupcakes prepared for their culinary final to the Freedom House Shelter in Green Bay, Wisconsin.  When I delivered the cupcakes, I was greeted by two children approximately the same ages of my own children, 6 and 8.  The 6 year old little girl asked, "Who are those for??!" As she and her brother learned they were for the families who lived at the Freedom House, her eyes lit up and had a smile on her face that I swear was going to extend past her ears! It was most definitely a humbling and emotional moment for me and made me appreciate what I often take for granted. 

Here is an excerpt from the Freedom House website about how they help our community members in need:

"Chances are someone in your neighborhood or circle of friends is one of the multitudes living paycheck to paycheck, unable to overcome any unexpected turn of events – or maybe it’s you. Freedom House is here to help. We're the only shelter in Brown County providing assistance to all types of homeless families with children -- single Moms, single Dads or couples, no matter how many kids they have or how old they are. WAY more than "3 hots and a cot," we change lives -- and 92% of the people who come through our doors never return to homelessness."

I'll have what's on special!

As being smart consumers, students planned recipes based on items on sale at our local grocery store, Super Ron's.  A wide variety of dishes and desserts made for an eclectic cook-off!

Just Souper

Thanks to everyone who dined with ProStart to help support the 2014 culinary and hospitality/management teams! The students catered to over 45 PCSD faculty members serving Zuppa Toscana and Minestrone soups with a side of freshly baked biscuits and cream puffs for dessert.

Kendall College visits PHS

A huge thank you to Chef Brian Schreiber and Grant Murphy from Kendall College of Culinary Arts (Chicago) for speaking with all of the culinary-related courses today about their program, teaching about nutrition and/or poultry fabrication, and demonstrating delicious foods. We look forward to additional visits in the future!

A World of Cookies

Advanced Foods students had to find, plan, and prepare 2 recipes that are either the original or adaptation of a holiday cookie that originated in another part of the world.  Follow this link to see how they planned/evaluated their products.

                  

You'll only be young once... plan for your future

Family Foods students explored the nutrition across the lifespan by dividing up into six different stages of life to present nutritional needs of a certain age group and planning a nutritionally beneficial main entree for that age group.        

           

Breathe in, Breathe wok

Advanced Foods students practice their mise en place & stir-fry skills after learning about the "Breath of the Wok," essentially meaning keeping continuous cooking throughout the stir-fry process.

NRAEF ProStart Invitational

Attending the National Restaurant Association ProStart Invitational was an educational experience in so many ways.  It’s amazing to see how much dedication, creativity, and pure talent ProStart students from across the country have and seeing our future leaders of the food-service industry. I was extremely proud of both teams that represented Wisconsin, Pulaski High School in the management competition and Badger High School (Lake Geneva) in the culinary competition.  Both teams were poised, professional, and made me proud to be from Wisconsin.

Although there was a healthy amount of stress, there was even more of pride because our Pulaski High School management team accomplished and learned so much leading up to the event.  I cannot provide enough thanks to all of the parents, business professionals, the Wisconsin Restaurant Association, and our especially our mentors, Chef Ben Raupp (SALT, De Pere) and Chefs Kelly Qualley & Josh Swanson (Hinterland, Green Bay) for all of their help.

Congratulations to Grant Bachman, Brooke Baron, Kaylee Court, and Hannah Stephanie for being such amazing team members whom I'm proud to say I'm your teacher. 

Much love, -Moehr