Title: Demonstrate cooking and storage techniques that promote maximum retention of nutrients.
Course: Culinary Arts II (16052-II) > Section: Applying Nutritional Principles

Demonstration should include

- identifying cooking techniques that maximize retention of nutrients
- identifying storage techniques that promote maximum retention of nutrients
- explaining why the ways foods are prepared, cooked, and stored affect their nutritional content
- explaining why cooking time and moisture can cause foods to lose their nutrients
- performing various cooking and storage techniques that maximize retention of nutrients.

Process/Skill Questions:

Thinking

- How can cooking techniques affect nutrients in foods?
- How can storage techniques affect nutrients in foods?

Communication

- How can employees communicate the effect of cooking and storage on nutrient retention?
- What is the difference between fat-soluble and water-soluble nutrients?
- What are macronutrients?
- How do macronutrients contribute calories to the diet?

Leadership

- What is the importance of retaining nutrients in food when cooking and storing?

Management

- What processes can affect nutrients?
- What products might be affected differently by the same cooking technique?