Culinary Nutrition

Catalog description

This course will examine the basic principles of nutrition, including their application to food preparation, menu planning and a healthy lifestyle. Attention is given to provide nutritionally balanced and attractive meals. Menu planning using sound nutritional guidelines is stressed. The concept of creating menus while focusing on food allergies, intolerances, preferences and restrictions is also introduced. This course provides culinary students with the knowledge base of diet, lifestyle, nutrition and how these concepts relate to individual well-being and disease. Material is covered from the food-first perspective with an eye toward the practical aspects of what customers and patients face day-to-day when trying to make substantive improvements in their diet - and thereby, their health.