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Where kids can learn to cook

Originally published: March 1, 2010 6:23 PM
Updated: March 2, 2010 4:36 PM
By BETH WHITEHOUSE  beth.whitehouse@newsday.com

Photo credit: Photo by Danielle Finkelstein | Deyanira Jacome, 12, with friend Bryanna Brown, 12, help make a salad for a french inspired meal at A la Carte cooking school in Lynbrook. (Feb. 25, 2010)

Chef Michael Giannakis placed the Tuna Nicoise platter onto the serving table and proclaimed with a flourish, "As the French would say, 'Voilà!' " The crowd of 12- and 13-year-olds gathered around him echoed, "Voilà!"

They were congratulating themselves - the kids had set the eggs just so, cut and blanched the string beans and made the vinaigrette during a French cooking class at A la Carte...