By Benjamin Millar
A Braybrook computer class has taken a byte out of learning.
Noticing participants in the weekly intermediate computer class at Braybrook Community Hub bonding over home-cooked food brought to share for morning tea, tutor Jason decided the cookbook project was the perfect way to make their lessons more meaningful.
“It seemed the natural path to take,” he said.
“Why not combine the process of making a cookbook together into a computer-based project?”
Each student was tasked with cooking a meal that represented their background, photographing it and writing up the recipe.
They then worked together to design and produce the book, applying the computer skills they had picked up throughout the course.
From empanadas and pork adobo to turron and rocky road, the cookbook features a range of sweet and savoury dishes.
Participant Prelene, who shared recipes for stir fry noodles and leche flan (a Filipino version of crème caramel), said the course was a great way to learn skills and meet new people.
“Studying has helped me improve myself and my confidence in using the computer, I just want to keep learning more,” she said.
The cookbook can be bought at Braybrook Community Hub for $12, all proceeds going towards a new creative educational program.
Benjamin Millar
