Back to Home Plate: Culinary Basics as a
Health Strategy
December 15, 2010
Presenter:
Roberta Duyff, MS, RD, FADA, CFCS - Food and Nutrition Consultant/Author
Duyff Associates, St. Louis, MO
Moderator:
James M. Rippe, MD – Leading cardiologist, Founder and Director,
Rippe Lifestyle Institute
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Nutri-Bitessm Summary
Back to Home Plate:
Culinary Basics as a Health Strategy
This webinar covered:
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Lifestyle changes, including lack of time, new kitchen technologies
and desire for convenience have affected culinary skills.
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Home cooking can make a difference in providing control over
ingredients; food quality; cooking methods; portion sizes; flavor and
food costs.
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The 2010 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee calls for improved
nutrition literacy and cooking skills – and for empowering and
motivating people to prepare and consume healthy foods at home,
especially among families with children
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Health professionals are positioned to teach kitchen basics during
nutrition counseling, but need to be familiar with them as well (i.e.
cooking techniques; menu planning; methods to retain nutrients;
recipe modifications; food safety principles, etc.)
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Resource List for professional education:
www.foodculinaryprofs.org/fcp.cfm?page=resource_list
Healthy Kitchens, Healthy Lives
(Culinary Institute of America-Harvard Medical School)
 Many consumers: overeat and make poor
food choices.
 Culinary literacy: at an all time low.
 Health care providers: need culinary skills,
too.
 Learn by doing: essential for health care
providers and consumers
 Chefs and food industry: additional
scientific info to guide menus/products
 It takes a village!
© Duyff Associates
What Changed?
The Home Cook?
 Less time for women…
 At home
 With food preparation
 For teaching kids to
cook
 Less time for families….
 Eating at the family
table
 For men and women…
 Shift in domestic roles
 New kitchen technology
and convenience
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The Kitchen?
 Time-saving appliances…
 Microwave ovens
 Slow cookers
 Outdoor and indoor grill
 Convenience Foods
 Partly or fully prepared
meals
 Supermarket take-out meals
 Home delivery
“As family and consumer sciences curriculum continues to change to
meet the needs of modern society … how to feed a family of four on a
tight budget, the role of the RD will also evolve … how to maintain a
healthy weight and any other subjects related to that …”
Source: Peregrin T. J Am Dietetic Assoc. 2010;1626-1629.
Dietitians Who Don’t Cook . . . . . .
ADA Times. Summer 2010
Basics
Kitchen Competencies
 Read a recipe, food label
 Write a shopping list
 Organize the kitchen
 Know how to use basic cooking
equipment (e.g. knife skills)
 Manage a kitchen pantry and ‘fridge/freezer
 Develop a balanced menu plan
 Navigate a supermarket
 Store food safely
 Master a few culinary skills
 Know how to make a few everyday dishes
Source: Healthy Kitchens, Healthy Lives, CIA/Harvard
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Counsel
Basics
Healthful Meals …
 Step 1: Start with planning
 Step 2: Require smart shopping
 Step 3: Get ready to cook first
 Step 4:
 Step 5:
Use good cooking skills
Include serving with appeal
 Step 6:
End with clean up
Source: Duyff, Food, Nutrition, Wellness, Glencoe, 2010 and
@ Home Economics, www.mealtime.org, 2009
Transfer your passion for flavorful, healthful food!
Implications for Health Professionals
1. Adapt healthy eating messages to today’s food
styles and food products: fast, simple, quality,
convenient, nutrient-rich.
2. Enhance your own culinary savvy.
3. Make food education and culinary skills part of
health and nutrition counseling and education,
starting with kids -- and make it hands on.
4. Promote home cooking and the family table.
5. Help consumers update family favorites for better
nutrition and today’s ingredients.
6. Use cooking formats—classes, tours, e-classes,
recipes, and more—to promote healthy eating.
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Food and Culinary:
Do You Have These Core Competencies?
11 Categories, 70 Competencies …
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Basic kitchen skills
Cooking techniques
Menu and meal planning
Ingredient selection
Recipe development and modification
Sensory perception and evaluation
Communication skills about food
Food retailing
Food safety
Sustainable agriculture
Source: ADA-FCP DPG
Food trends
Core Food & Culinary Competencies
Know
Yourself
Counseling?
What’s Your Culinary IQ?
 Techniques to …
 Techniques to teach …
 Retain nutrients in cooking
 Reduce nutrients of
concern (sat/trans fats,
cholesterol, sodium, added
sugars, sodium)
 Include healthier fats and
oils, fruits, vegetables, and
whole grains into foods,
meals and menus
 Cook foods to proper
temperature for optimal
safety and quality
 Modify recipes to change
nutritional value
 Portion control
 Smart use of convenience
foods
 Time management in the
kitchen
 Meal appeal
 Food safety
 Kitchen ecology
(less food waste, less energy
waste, less water waste,
smart use of packaging)
Source: ADA-FCP DPG
Core Food & Culinary Competencies
Back to Home Plate
Culinary Basics as a Health Strategy: Resource List
Food and Culinary Practice Group (ADA)
 www.foodculinaryprofs.org
 ADA Food and Culinary Professionals Resource List
www.foodculinaryprofs.org/fcp.cfm?page=resource_list
Books
 ADA Complete Food and Nutrition Guide, “Kitchen Nutrition,” – Roberta Duyff,
MS, RD
 Food, Nutrition and Wellness (Secondary foods text) – Roberta Duyff, MS, RD
 Cooking Healthy Across America, -- Kris Napier (ed), MS, RD, Food and Culinary
Professionals
Cooking Demo Instruction Materials
 http://snap.nal.usda.gov – Resource Library
 http://fnic.nal.usda.gov – Consumer Corner - Cooking
 http://www.foodandhealth.com/products.php?pid=15 - Judy Doherty, RD, Chef
 http://www.supermarketsavvy.com/ - Linda McDonald, MS, RD