Letter from the Editor

Now that Halloween, the World Series, and Election Day have all come and gone, it’s time to turn our attention to Thanksgiving and the Winter Holidays. There's a lot happening at Bauman College in these coming months, as you can see by the length of my letter!

Our Eating For Health™ model emphasizes the nutritional value of ethnic food, so it's particularly interesting to note that there are health reasons for using cinammon and ginger in Winter recipes. Read Nutrition Bytes to learn the science behind the tradition.

This month’s recipe, Fall Fruit Cobbler with Cranberry Coulis, honors both Thanksgiving and the fact that November is National Pomegranate Month. High in healthy fats, vitamins, and phytonutrients, this raw dessert uses both cranberries and pomegranate. It makes a nutritious dessert, breakfast, or snack.

The word coulis sounds quite impressive, but don't let it intimidate you. Translated from French, coulis means "puree" or “thick sauce.” This cranberry coulis is very easy to make — you mix cranberries and orange juice in a blender or food processor and voila, le coulis!

The ability to make a dessert that’s nutritious, easy to prepare, and that tastes as good as it sounds is all part of the Bauman’s College Eating For Health™ philosophy. Now you can learn this type of healthy, seasonal cooking by taking classes through our new Community Education Cooking Series, beginning in January 2011.

As a vocational school, our primary focus is on our career-track certificate programs which train students to become Nutrition Consultants and Natural Chefs. Part of our mission as a non-profit community action organization, though, is to change the way people eat and to create a culture of wellness based on good nutrition. It is with this mission in mind that Bauman College has decided to expand its Community Education offerings by including these Community Education Cooking Classes.

Each month, you’ll have the opportunity to attend a hands-on cooking class at one of our four locations. Unlike other cooking classes, Bauman College's cooking classes are based on the Eating For Health™ philosophy of nutrition. This whole foods approach to nutrition and cooking provides an alternative to the Standard American Diet, one of balance and bio-individuality. Our unique cooking classes will teach you how to preserve the integrity of your ingredients, maximizing both nutrient content and flavor. Classes will feature seasonal favorites with a focus on health-supportive preparation methods as well as beautiful presentation.

In addition to the 12 stand-alone cooking classes (once per month), we’ll be offering  free one-hour cooking demonstrations. These cooking demonstrations will each focus on one seasonal favorite and teach you a variety of ways to prepare and serve, so it stays interesting all season long. These demos will be offered 4 times a year. The first demo will be in January, and we’ll discuss Winter Cooking, Featuring Dark Leafy Greens.

Both the cooking demos and the hands-on cooking classes are taught by the same fine faculty that teaches our professionally-oriented certificate classes. Detailed descriptions of the classes are available by clicking on Community Cooking Series, under the Programs tab. The 3-1/2 hour hands-on classes are an excellent value at $75/class and they make a thoughtful holiday gift for your favorite eater (or cook).

Space is limited and interest is high, so we expect both the free demo and paid class to fill to capacity. For priority registration  in either the Winter Cooking Featuring Dark Leafy Greens or in January's Better Breakfasts & Bars, please fill out our  interest form. 

It’s also time to register for Nutrition Essentials for Everyone. This one night per  week, 3-hour class will begin in January. If you’re dissatisfied with the way you eat and want to make 2011 the year to finally do something about it, register now. Nutrition Essentials often fills to capacity — registration will guarantee your spot.

Details on all these programs are available on our website as well as in our new Spring 2011 catalog, now available for download. To request a printed catalog to be mailed to you, fill out the catalog request form.

If you are interested in attending Bauman College, please join us for our Taste of Bauman College event in January, where you can meet Bauman College founder and President, Ed Bauman, Ph.D., faculty, students, and alumni. This event includes a cooking demo, a nutrition lecture, and gourmet hors d'oeuvres prepared by our Natural Chef students. Again, registration for the free Taste of Bauman College is required. Please don’t delay, these events are always filled to capacity.

For those of you who are ready to enroll in one of our certificate programs, please note that Early Bird registrants, who complete their registrations by Dec 13, 2010, receive a $250 discount off of their tuition fees.

Happy November!

Deborah Brecher
Newsletter Editor