| The After-School
Cookbook VIDEO
This video shows young people
how to prepare quick, easy, and nutritious snacks and mini-meals using utensils and
equipment found in most kitchens. Because all family members can have busy schedules,
teaching teens and ’tweens to do some basic food preparation is helpful for everyone.
All recipes are simple to prepare with ingredients easily purchased in supermarkets. Safe
use of kitchen equipment is reviewed. A Meridian Production.
Become a Chef
VIDEO
A chef must not only know how to cook
well, he or she must also possess a variety of organizational and business skills that are
vital to the success of a restaurant. Learn about a day in the life of a chef and decide
whether or not this career path is for you.
Career as a Chef VIDEO
Most people like to eat, but
if you have that certain flair for cooking, you may have what it takes to become a great
chef. Discover the opportunities that are found in this career field.
Catering:
An Insider’s Guide to the Business VIDEO
Catering can be a creative and
exciting career, as well as a lucrative business. This informative video will help you
determine if the world of catering is right for you. By providing a well-organized look at
both the food preparation and business sides of catering...
Edible
Art: Basic Cake Decorating VIDEO
One 16-minute video. A Meridian
Production.
Favorite
Family Recipes: Quickbreads VIDEO
Learn what makes quickbreads different
from yeast breads, the key ingredients for the four different types of quickbreads, how to
identify the proper texture of a quickbread when it’s done baking, and more. This
video tells you everything you’ll need to know to produce your own quality
quickbreads. A Meridian Production
Food Safety
VIDEO
This important program teaches
why safe food handling procedures are essential in the kitchen. Viewers are introduced to
dangerous food handling practices and learn why the proper procedures are a must.
Demonstrations of proper procedures include avoiding cross-contamination of tools and
surfaces, hand washing, use of containers that are suited to food storage, how to handle
poultry and other "trouble" foods, safe temperature zones for food storage, and
more. An informative and essential program for everyone who prepares, stores, or consumes
meals, snacks, or leftovers.
Food
Safety: From Market to Plate VIDEO
What’s the best way to
avoid salmonella, E. coli, and other dangerous food-borne bugs? Information! Use this
fact-filled video to show your students how to buy, store, and prepare delicious food with
their health—and the health of anyone who eats with them—firmly in mind. At the
supermarket, in the kitchen, and at the dinner table, knowledge is the key to safety. A Meridian
Production.
Herbs and Spices
VIDEO
One 17-minute video. A Meridian
Production.
How
to Be a Perfect Waiter or Waitress VIDEO
This is the perfect tutorial
video for students who need a part-time job to earn money for college, or for graduates
who wish to pursue food service as a career. All the basics of customer service are
covered in great detail.
Learning Objectives:
1) Students will learn about the characteristics of a good waiter or waitress.
2) Students will learn about proper place settings.
3) The correct way to carry out all aspects of good food service will be explained
Kitchen Safety
Essentials VIDEO
Visit the most dangerous room
in the home and a busy commercial kitchen where viewers learn the necessity of safety in
the kitchen and proper procedures to follow. This informative program covers the
importance of cleaning and sanitizing, proper use and storage of knives, food safety and
storage, storage and use of electric appliances, dealing with kitchen fires, and much
more. Viewers become aware that their health and the health of others depends on their
actions in the kitchen, and they learn the proper procedures to keep disasters from
occurring.
Light Is
Right: Cooking for Health VIDEO
One 93-minute video. A Meridian
Production.
Paper
Plates to Silver Spoons: The Complete Guide to Table Manners VIDEO
This entertaining video takes
both a serious and a humorous look at the importance of learning table manners. Viewers
see the benefits of learning proper techniques so that they become natural rather than
using correct manners only on special occasions. Starting with a discussion of different
kinds of meal settings, utensils, and the order in which they are used, viewers are taken
through the steps of a meal. This entertaining production illustrates the importance of a
good posture, how to hold and use utensils, and how to be prepared for conversation. The
program shows the correct way to eat most common foods (salads, soups, breads, steaks,
desserts, etc.). Viewers learn what to do when faced with tricky situations—a drink
is spilled or a utensil dropped, food is offered which they don’t or can’t eat,
a question is asked and their mouth is full, a situation arises and they don’t know
what to do, and much more! This video covers both formal and informal occasions and
teaches manners that will assure confidence in any dining situation.
Running
a Restaurant: Menus and More CD-ROM
What are some of the challenges of
opening your own restaurant? What are some surefire ways to improve any menu? And what is
the most nutritious way to serve carrots? This fully interactive CD-ROM contains engaging
activities, instructional video clips, and useful printouts to introduce new material
while reinforcing key points demonstrated in the video What’s For Dinner? Planning a
Menu. Features include two segments called "So You Want to Own Your Own Place"
and "What’s Wrong with This Menu?"; a balanced menu planner; a nutrition
quiz; and a posttest—plus more than 25 minutes of new video with Chef Mark Sherwood.
A Meridian Production.
Sisters
Cake Decorating Made Fun and Easy! VIDEO
This step-by-step introduction to cake
decorating covers the basics. The decorators have over forty years’ experience and
the techniques are excellent with good close-ups of procedures described. Covers basic
equipment, ingredients, and techniques for producing a variety of cakes including birthday
cake, doll cake, bridal shower, Halloween, and Santa face. Includes shortcuts, dos, don’ts,
and detailed techniques for making borders, flowers, and more!
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