PPS Cooks+Gardens – Princeton School Gardens

PPS Cooks+Gardens, Spring 2023

March 29, 2023 by karlacook

Sugar snap peas with students in the background Two sessions of our seed-to-table Cooks+Gardens program are under way for the Spring 2023 semester at Princeton Public Schools! On Tuesdays, Chef Elisabeth Quatrano and Janet Gaudino, faculty advisor in the science department, focus on the science of the plate. On Thursdays, Chef Marilyn Besner and Betsey Valenza, faculty advisor in the French department, take a look at the culture and connections and community of food, with a French accent. Master Gardener Debbie Gries is teaching the garden angle for both.

Empowering students, one tasty homemade cracker at a time

August 19, 2021May 3, 2018 by karlacook

JW Cooks+Gardens, our 6-week seed to table after school program, is under way! Thanks to our wonderful Chef Michelle Fuerst and to Priscilla Hayes, our edible gardens educator with the greenest thumb ever. The students learned to make crackers from simple ingredients — flour, butter or oil, seeds and herbs and spices. Next week, they are in the garden. Among the comments: As they were grinding seeds: “That smells strong! But really good!” As they were kneading the dough: “This is like Play-Doh!” As they were cleaning up: “I’m going to drop tech and take Food Science.” As they were walking out the door: “This was the best class ever.”

In the PMS Teaching Kitchens

August 18, 2021January 5, 2018 by karlacook

A big thank you to Chef Michelle Fuerst and Priscilla Hayes, garden educator, and Eddie Cohen, science supervisor at PPS, for volunteering their time for a holiday cookie-baking extravaganza in the JW Teaching Kitchens this afternoon! And thanks for dropping in for the festivities, Princeton Public Schools Superintendent Steve Cochrane! Nice to have you in the kitchen!