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Eric Wynkoop - Ask Me Anything (Office Hours)
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Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 11:00 am Pacific, 2:00 pm Eastern
Join Chef Eric Wynkoop in his virtual office as he welcomes all of your questions. This event was created for you and we encourage you to Ask Anything – from cooking techniques to co… Read More.
Question:
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Will we learn to plan meals in the FOK Ultimate course?
— Janice Jackson
Answer:
The quick answer is yes, but let me contextualize this. Okay? And, um, that is to say that, uh, at Rouxbe we emphasize, uh, learning how to cook. So there's skill development, and there's knowledge acquisition, okay? And that's gonna form the foundation of the meals that you produce, uh, beyond that, okay? We have a lot of recipes, uh, that we provide as practice and as reference and as inspiration. And, um, you know, once you put together, uh, your foundation of cooking skills and knowledge, okay, with some outside inspiration via, you know, Rouxbe recipes, for example, you'll be able to create your own meal plan, and you'll be able to manipulate recipes in a way that is most meaningful for you and your family. Okay? And that's what's different about Rouxbe. When we think about the many other websites out there that provide meal plans, right? They're providing a set of recipes for you to choose from, for breakfast, or for lunch or for dinner. Um, they might provide an outline of, you know, Monday through Sunday night, this is what you ought to make. Um, but, uh, that doesn't teach you how to cook. That doesn't empower you, uh, to be in control. The recipes. Instead, the recipes are in control of you. And, uh, we want to encourage you to, to, to, to break free of that and, um, um, make what you wanna make change recipes in the way that you want to change them so that, uh, you and your audience will, uh, find the most enjoyment in the food that you make. Okay? And, uh, so again, the combination of skills and knowledge, uh, will get you to your, your own set of, uh, of recipes, uh, for your meal plan.
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