The Cook's Roadmap: An Introduction
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Unit 1: Course OrientationView Tasks
Unit 2: Knife SkillsView Tasks
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Unit 3: Course FoundationsView Tasks
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Unit 4: Dry-Heat Cooking Methods, Part 1View Tasks
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Unit 5: Moist-Heat Cooking Methods, Part 1View Tasks
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Unit 6: How to Make Salad & Salad DressingView Tasks
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Unit 7: Rice & GrainsView Tasks
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Unit 8: Learn About Wheat & GlutenView Tasks
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Unit 9: Learn About PastaView Tasks
End of Unit 9
Unit 10: Final AssessmentView Tasks
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Course DescriptionIn this course, you will learn how to handle your chef's knife like a pro. You will learn about basic nutrition, including macro- and micro-nutrients are and how they fit into your diet. This course will also teach you how to roast the perfect chicken, delicious roasted vegetables, pan-frying, roasting, steaming, sweating, making salads, how to cook grains, pasta and so much more. You will also learn about the Map of Cooking, a framework for thinking about cooking food, modeled after the thought process of real professional chefs. This top-down view helps students not only understand the landscape of cooking, but breaks cooking down into clear, conceptual pieces that can be mixed and matched to better understand, master or create new dishes. This course can be taken on demand, at your own pace. Once purchased, you have access to the course content. Course Highlights
Course Objectives
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Course Description
In this course, you will learn how to handle your chef's knife like a pro. You will learn about basic nutrition, including macro- and micro-nutrients are and how they fit into your diet. This course will also teach you how to roast the perfect chicken, delicious roasted vegetables, pan-frying, roasting, steaming, sweating, making salads, how to cook grains, pasta and so much more.
You will also learn about the Map of Cooking, a framework for thinking about cooking food, modeled after the thought process of real professional chefs. This top-down view helps students not only understand the landscape of cooking, but breaks cooking down into clear, conceptual pieces that can be mixed and matched to better understand, master or create new dishes.
This course can be taken on demand, at your own pace. Once purchased, you have access to the course content.
Course Highlights
- Online cooking course
- Self-paced online learning & instructor support
- Over 25 instructional video lessons focus on key techniques
- Step-by-step supported learning
- Over 80 delicious video and text recipes
- Fun interactive knowledge quizzes
- Practice activities that will build your confidence
- Private Hello Fresh student community access
- Earn a "Certificate of Completion"
Course Objectives
- Begin to handle your knife like a pro
- Learn about whole foods and how they impact your health
- Learn to make delicious salads and dressings
- Be able to cook fluffy grains and tender legumes
- Learn to create homemade pizza and perfectly al dente pasta
- Learn how to steam and roast delicious, nutrient-dense vegetable dishes
- Apply dry-heat methods, master the fry pan and roast the perfect chicken
- Understand moist-heat techniques, such as steaming, poaching and simmering
- Understand stocks, how to prepare and how to use them to boost flavor
- Gain the skills to start improving your health by cooking from scratch