Steakhouse Classics for Teens ages 13-17

Spend two days making the most beautiful cupcakes ever. Award-winning cake artist Chef Toba Garrett reveals her secrets and techniques for the most spectacular cupcakes. The first day is spent making delicious cupcakes and beautiful edible ornaments to decorate them, such as royal icing flowers, marzipan fruits, modeling chocolates, buttercream icings, ganache, and more. On day two, you will decorate the cupcakes with two-dimensional designs, including lattice work, textured rolling pin designs, floral designs, and buttercream piped designs. Students should bring their pastry kits. Prerequisite: Technique of Cake Decorating 1.

Before heading out to your local sushi bar for your next date night, come to ICE to learn how to create your own sushi and sake bar at home. Together, you'll start by learning the basics of how to make the foundation of all sushi: delicious, seasoned rice. You'll then create a variety of sushi accoutrements, along with vegetables and raw fish. Finally, you'll learn to make traditional hand rolls, maki, futomaki, and nigiri, before sitting down to eat with a refreshing glass of Japanese sake or a cucumber-sake cooler.

Learn how to make scrumptious dumplings from a wide range of Asian traditions --- all hands-on. We'll also create perfect dipping sauces in each tradition. Together, you'll make and dine on: steamed shrimp shao mai with orange dipping sauce; deep-fried chicken wontons; vegetable gyoza with spicy dipping sauce; and pork and chive dumplings.

These dishes capture the flavors and techniques of so many exciting, flavor-forward global cuisines. Spanning the gamut from Mexico to the Middle East, these small but satisfying plates are perfect for parties --- or collect them all to make a masterful (and entirely vegan) meal. We'll create and then feast on: Egyptian baba ghanoush and hummus; Argentinian hearts of palm, tomato and avocado salad; Italian roasted cauliflower with capers; and Balinese chili-grilled tempeh skewers.