Introduction

Introduction:

Every cookbook tells a story. Reading and reviewing cookbooks promotes literacy skills and helps expand learning about the Culinary Arts & Hospitality career pathway.

Over the next few CTE (career and technical education/shop) weeks, you will get the opportunity to review cookbooks that emphasize cultural or ethnic cuisines, write professional/industry-style cookbook reviews, discuss and share cookbook reviews, write up one of your personal recipes in cookbook style, cook a recipe (your own or from one of the cookbooks), and capture and share your work in an Adobe Creative Cloud Express website.

Guiding Questions:

• How do factors like culture, place, ethnicity, family, and traditions influence cookbook authors and their cookbooks? How do authors incorporate these influences into their books and recipes?

• What makes a good cookbook? Is it the personality, background, and skill of the author? The format? The recipes? The images? A blend of several of these features?