This month the Culinary Academy of Post Street made edible effigies of turkeys together with the traditional turkey-sidekick, mashed potatoes with gravy. That got the kids wondering why we always celebrate Thanksgiving with the same meal. What’s the scoop?

The story of our national flag can be summed up with three “L’s:” Lore, Lyrics and Liberty. To commemorate the 240th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, the Culinary Academy of Post Street explored all three.

The eighth session of the Culinary Academy of Post Street (CAPS) focused on a distant continent in distress: Africa. Most people have heard about the Minneapolis dentist who senselessly slaughtered Cecil, the rare black-maned lion.