The Only Constant Is Change

The Only Constant Is Change

With the governor’s order a couple weeks ago, Just Bakery needed to do some more adaptation. We did not want to risk the health and safety of our staff and students, so paused our in person kitchen instruction portion and have been working on keeping the...
Grateful

Grateful

November has me thinking about gratitude. I guess because Thanksgiving is right around the corner and in “normal times”, many people spend the holiday with their loved ones, eat way too much, and are “Grateful”. Or at least, that’s what I...
Juggling Lots, but Aiming for Success

Juggling Lots, but Aiming for Success

“Moving into week 6 at Just Bakery, we started out as usual with some Bakers’ Math. In this unit we use real recipes and find the total weight of it. We also practiced figuring out order forms and how to decide how much product we needed to make based on...
Getting Our Hands Metaphorically Dirty

Getting Our Hands Metaphorically Dirty

“As JB 45 continues to learn more about and study Baker’s Math, Servsafe, and Nutrition, we were really excited to start rolling in the dough and getting our hands dirty this week in the kitchen. Well, “dirty” in a Servsafe sort of fashion:...
Ready for the Kitchen!

Ready for the Kitchen!

Today marks the end of Week 4 which means the students finally get started in the kitchen next week! They’ve worked really hard this last month, and now it is time for the real fun (and physical work) to begin. This week was quite eventful as we get ready to...