Cooking Club Year 2: Rebooted

Cooking Club continued until the end of the spring semester, meeting two more times. After hosting nearly 200 students at my apartment for cooking club last year I was exhausted. It had become rare for a student to introduce me to a recipe I didn't already know. These kids know how to cook, but their culinary repertoires are limited. Think of your own  home cooking--you have a few simple satisfying recipes and you cook them over and over again, with the occasional addition or deletion to list. This isn't boring, but rather a process or practice leading to mastery.

Still, my goal is to learn as many recipes as possible while at the same time helping students to practice their English, so I revamped the club for this academic year. Recipe Contest! Ten students from each class, for a total of 50 students, will be chosen based on the uniqueness and English fluency of their recipes.

The students at my school are into competitions. They prefer to win with their friends, so it's less cut-throat than back home, but contests add excitement and a sense of accomplishment for the winners. I've received some great recipes so far, and the first meeting is coming soon. So get your wok ready.