Last week was the last Yacht Grub class of the season (no tears, we’ll be back) and in order to comfort the students, we had a very sweet ending. The kids are always asking for a little more sweet to their savory, so we agreed to have (healthy) dessert for dinner. Chef Reggie specializes in pastries so he taught the students a thing or two about baking by making:
This week, the students got to put their culinary knife skills to the test while learning simple afterschool snacks to make while the parental units are away.
It wasn’t exactly like those watermelon baskets that your mom would make for dinner parties, but there was a lot of cutting and fruit involved. To say the least, everyone left with all their fingers attached to themselves and not on the skewers. This week the students made:
Yacht Grub field trip time! With their permissions slips signed and their stomachs empty, the kids arrived at the Whole Foods Glendale to get a little educational and interactive tour by their Marketing Manager and organic food expert Becky Feliciano.
Prior to making the move to Atwater Village in East LA, I have to admit that I was on the ‘Sea of Cement bandwagon’. Another way of putting it, is my opinion of The LA River was that of a smelly cement gulch that was best experienced from the window of my car while on the freeway. Two things would soon flip my perspective: My dog and my bike. On these walks and on these rides I found that this river was completely misunderstood. I discovered an accessible getaway with a lot of beautiful vegetation and wildlife. The scary ‘River People’ turned out to be friendly locals and neighbors also there to simply enjoy the surroundings, ride the path or feed the ducks. This is a beautiful, active and useful place for Los Angeles.
Ditchers Beware!
Last week the Master-Debaters and The Misfits ditched dodgeball to take their teams on a bowling trip.
Summer is here and it’s time to get a little dirty as the students dig in on some educational benefits of home and community gardening. Making a visit to our Yacht Plot at the Glassell Park Community Garden, our resident gardener, Lois Kearn gave us a tour and taught our budding green thumbs where their fruits, veggies and herbs come from and how they get from the soil to their plate.
We wouldn’t be a very good Yacht Club if we didn’t partake in the bounties of the sea. So, in this weeks edition of Yacht Grub, we added a little pizzaz to the old fish ‘n chips recipe your seafaring uncle used to make for you (newspaper not included).
Last week our students were introduced to our favorite day of the week, taco Tuesday! And what’s taco tuesday without some awesome homemade salsa? This week we made:
Hey kids, it’s time to lose those car keys and strap on that Fisher Price helmet because it is officially LA Bike Week. We know you all love your cars and can’t imagine enduring a morning commute without Jason Bentley, but we urge you to go without an automobile for a day or two and try to experience Los Angeles in all of its raw glory (smog, traffic, potholes, etc).
We don’t just expect you to trollop around town like a meandering floozy. Strap on the training wheels, knee pads, and grinder bars (BMX? Anyone?) and pedal on out to one of the following biker friendly events.
Oh crap!
Did you forget that Mother’s Day, again???
Well lucky for you we took the liberty of creating a few really cheesy cards and certificates you can print for Mom.— We just hope she has really low expectations and a decent sense of humor.
Download the them here.
A few Printing Tips:
With some patience and clever ingenuity it should be pretty simple to print out these cards from home but here are a few tips:
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