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Clinical Services (Celiac Disease Program and Support Group):
Kids' Cooking Classes
The Cambridge School Culinary of Arts in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in conjunction with Children's Hospital Boston's Celiac Support Group, held a gluten-free baking/cooking class for 10 students with celiac disease, ages 8-12 years old.
Learning while cooking
Chef Karla Kelley provided the students with a menu and list of gluten-free ingredients. She also had questions for the students to help educate them as they learned to cook and bake gluten-free foods:
  • What is gluten and why was it so important for baking and cooking?
  • Are you familiar with any of the gluten-free ingredients?
  • How do these ingredients take the place of gluten when baking or cooking?
Great food!
The menu included:
  • Toll House Chocolate Chip Cookies
  • Brownies
  • Butter Cake with Chocolate Butter-cream Frosting
  • Chocolate Butter Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting
  • Blueberry Lemon Muffins
  • Pie Crust and Vanilla Pudding for a beautiful tart
  • French Bread/Pizza Dough with tomato sauce
Each student chose what they wanted to make from the menu and broke into small groups for team work. They measured, mixed and whisked ingredients, and communicated and coordinated with each other.

The kids then enjoyed eating and sharing their culinary goods. One young chef said, "I would do this class again in a heartbeat!"

Special thanks to The Cambridge School of Culinary Arts for dedicating time and kitchen space (free from cross-contamination) for our celiac patients to have fun and learn about how to cook healthy foods. Learning how to bake gluten-free empowers our children to take control of their disease and the life-long diet it requires.

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Congratulations!
Image Children's Celiac Nurse Katie Tawakol, RN, BSN, was selected as the recipient of the APGNN Excellence in Education Award, which is given to a pediatric GI nurse who has designed and implemented an educational activity that addresses an unmet need and is given in recognition of excellence patient/family education programs.

Katie was selected for developing a "Gluten-Free Baking Class" for children with celiac disease at The Cambridge School of Culinary Arts in Cambridge, Mass. The class was extremely well-received by all who attended, and will be continued in the future.

Congratulations Katie!
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