Mounds View Public Schools Community Education

Tess Georgakopoulos, also known as “Chef Tess—Culinary Artist,” has been cooking and baking for well over 45 years -- since she was roughly six years old. Tess is an experienced instructor teaching conventional cooking, baking, pressure cooking, air frying, pizza making, Mediterranean cooking, meal prep and more! Full class descriptions are available online.

When it comes to actual sushi that is made with sushi grade raw fish such as salmon or tuna wrapped in rice and seaweed, the sushi tolerance spectrum runs from a very strong “YES” or a very strong “NO” with little wiggle room in between. Enter California “sushi” Rolls that overwhelmingly turn the strong “NO’s” into strong yeses!

Learn the skill of creating delicious seasoned sushi rice, spicy mayo, and how to stuff, wrap / shape the rolls, with wonderful filling ingredients. One of these fillings is a “crab” salad that will be created using crabsticks.