In this cooking class, students with or without experience explore the hows and whys of preparing delicious foods. Students work together in the culinary lab to plan, prepare, and serve food every day. Student input in an invaluable component of this course, and students propose recipes of their own to add to the curriculum. Course favorites include homemade pasta, brownie parfaits, steak tacos, dumplings, and pumpkin spice lattes. In addition, current food trends, cooking methods, and nutrition are discussed. This course fulfills the graduation requirement for fine and/or practical arts and is housed in the Applied Arts department.