Teaching the Culinary Arts

"A culinary educator and CCP (IACP-Certified Culinary Professional), I specialize in teaching baking and the pastry arts. My goal as a cooking teacher is to make these skills accessible to the home baker, to remove any perception of fear-of-baking, to show that anyone can do it.

"When I teach, I like to explain basic food chemistry and fundamentals of technique to remove mystery and magic and replace it with fun, understanding, and a sense of ease.

"The greatest gift I can give a student is the confidence to cook creatively — to make a pie, bread, or a birthday cake, for example, to bake for their family and friends. Sharing food you make with your own hands is a basic act of love, and one that actually empowers the baker, bringing a quick reward (yummy snacks), personal satisfaction (pride in knowing you did it), and praise, (applause, take a bow).

"I have had students tell me that learning to make a simple pie crust with ease has actually changed their life! Of course, it is not that simple, but little things do make a big difference. Learning to bake is a simple pleasure, but one that I believe adds to life's enjoyment."

— Susan

Partial List, Baking Classes and Workshops

• King Arthur Baking Education Center, Norwich, VT
• New England Culinary Institute (NECI), Essex, VT
• Peter Kump’s Cooking School (now ICE), New York
• Cambridge School of Culinary Arts, Cambridge, MA
• Draeger’s Culinary Center, Palo Alto, CA
• Epicurious Rice Markets, Houston, TX
• Cooks Street School of Cooking, Denver, CO
• Silo Cooking School, New Milford, CT
• Sur la Table, San Francisco, CA
• Williams Sonoma, Boston, Cleveland, Seattle
• Kings Cooking Schools, New Jersey
• Loretta Pagannini School of Cooking, Cleveland
• Dorothy Lane Market Cooking School, Dayton, OH
• Jungle Jim’s Cooking School, Cincinnati, OH
• DeGustibus, Macy’s, New York
• Las Cosas Cooking School, Santa Fe, NM
• Santa Fe School of Cooking, Santa Fe, NM
• Sazon Cooking School, Hotel Casa de Sierra Nevada, San Miguel de Allende, MX
• Casa de Cocinas, San Miguel de Allende, MX

 

Partial list, Special Baking Seminars

• Bake & Blog: King Arthur Baking Education Center, Norwich, VT
• Rhode Island School of Design
• Bakers’ Dozen, San Francisco
• Hahnemann Hospital, Philadelphia, PA
• University Hospital Synergy Culinary School, Cleveland, OH
• Taste of Provence Cooking School, Mas de Loup, France
• Recipe Writing Workshop/ Culinary Journalism Workshop: Cambridge School of Culinary Arts, Cambridge, MA
• High Altitude Baking Workshop, Salt Lake City, UT