This course focuses on basic skills and techniques of cake decorating. Learn how to cover cakes and make decorations. Master elegant borders featuring rosettes, reverse shells, and rope designs. Give your cakes incredible dimension with the addition of bold color flow decorations; and create lovely new flowers such as rosebuds, daisies, daffodils, mums, and more. A variety of decorating tools, skills, and techniques, including piping and how to create decorations using royal icing, is also introduced. 18 hours. $69. Supply list

This two-day course covers the principles of safety and sanitation in the food service industry. It is designed for experienced food service employees and managers who need to comply with local and state health department requirements for food manager/food handler certification or recertification. Key topics include contamination and food-borne illnesses, food protection, HACCP, cleaning, sanitizing, and accident prevention. ServSafe Manager Book, 6th Edition, (English, with Answer Key for Paper and Pencil) ISBN Number 978-0133075687 is the required textbook and must be brought to the first class meeting. Textbook can be purchased online at www.servsafe.com. 16 hours. $69