Discover new interests and recapture past ones with the School of Continuing Education. Challenge your brain, body and desire to learn. Join one of the personal enrichment programs to engage in creative discussions, explore a new language or attempt a new hobby. There are several enlightening and fun courses available to the community and surrounding neighbors. Click HERE for the current guide to lookup your course.
Farmers Market Start Up Part 1
This introductory course will teach participants how to prepare and open a farmers market. Students will learn how to plant, plan, calculate, design and promote their produce. Part II will be offered in the summer semester and will teach students to how to prepare and sell their produce.
Food Safety and Sanitation
This is course will focus on causes and prevention of food borne illnesses and accidents. Course stresses food service workers responsibilities in safety and protecting public health. Course meets requirements for Illinois Department of Public Health Certification..
Hot and Cold Appetizers
Participants will learn how to create the perfect hot, cold and easy party pleasers for their guest. These small bites will go perfectly with casual get-togethers or sophisticated dinner parties.
Pizza Making, That’s Amore
Making pizza from scratch is as easy as pie. Students will learn how to prepare a pizza pie starting from making the dough to rolling it out, and then, of course, adding all the toppings. Discover how fresh ingredients add a real bang! You have never had pizza as good as your own homemade version.
Holiday Cooking
Whether or not the weather outside is frightful, the food is so delightful! Join us as we create a holiday meal that would make any host or hostess proud. Participants will learn how to create seasonal favorites, including roasted chicken, potatoes, and a veggie casserole. Our trained Chefs will highlight techniques, such as proper seasoning.
Holiday Baking
Whether or not the weather outside is frightful, the food is so delightful! Join us as we create a holiday meal that would make any host or hostess proud. Participants will learn how to create seasonal favorites, including roasted chicken, potatoes, and a veggie casserole. Our trained Chefs will highlight techniques, such as proper seasoning.
Gluten Free Cooking and Baking
There's no reason why freshly baked bread and baked goods can't be a part of your life. Learn everything you need to know about the wide world of gluten-free grains, as we teach you how to make a wide array of delicious and satisfying baked goods.
Sausage Making
This four-hour class will teach you how to make sausage. Students will learn the basics from seasoning to ratios for creating your own recipe, to stuffing and casing your sausages. This course is led by a skilled and experience Chef.
Knife Skills
Basic knife skills, including how to hold a knife properly, knife safety, knife sharpening; basic knife cuts, such as brunoise small dice, medium dice, large dice, fine julienne, julienne, battonet, paysanne, and tornee; and proper fruit and vegetable preparation. This course is a cross-listed course with college credit to be taken as non-credit.
Mixology
A systematic study of the application of bartending techniques and principals, where students will practice the preparation of classical and fusion-style cocktails in a hands-on laboratory and recognize equipment and technology used in a professional bar atmosphere, including customer service. Students must be at least twenty-one years old by the day before class starts. Proof of age with a government issued I.D. will be required on the day of class. This course is a cross-listed course with college credit to be taken as non-credit.
Chocolate
Fundamentals of working with chocolate, history, various types of chocolate, learn to temper, molded and Free-form creations, candies and creation of showpieces. This course is a cross-listed course with college credit to be taken as non-credit.