By Jeffrey S. Solochek, Times Staff Writer
Friday, September 30, 2011
Manny Lugo, 15, watches Myla Victoria, 18, spoon out cookie dough for “pantry cookies,” which include ingredients like chocolate chips, coconut pieces and corn flakes. “You can use this all your life,” Manny said of his lessons at Land O’Lakes High’s new academy.
LAND O'LAKES — Jessica Cooper, decked out in her chef's hat and Johnson & Wales University smock, beamed as she counseled her students on the final touches of their baked goods.
After seven years working in a 1970s-era home economics classroom with electric burners and small sinks, Cooper finally could talk cinnamon roll filling and orange zest in a state-of-the-art bake shop replete with convection ovens, ice cream makers and sanitizing sinks.
And that's just one of the three modern kitchens in Land O'Lakes High School's new culinary arts academy, which ...