The days are getting shorter and school is in full swing.  So it’s time to say “good-bye” to La Toque de Cindy’s 2024 cooking camps.    We had a very fun summer with topics spanning from bread making to savory weeknight meals to my favorite topic, chocolate.   Chocolate Champions camp has become a tradition for more then 10 years in a row.  This summer was special as I brought back chocolate from Southeast Asia and Malta to share with the students.   We play a game in which students need to guess what is in a chocolate bar besides chocolate.   I was so surprised when one student guessed my trickiest, durian.  I brought back the “Best of NY Times” camp after giving it a rest for several years.   My favorite recipe from that camp is Eggplant Adobo but the students were far more critical of all of the recipes when they posted reviews to the NY Times website .    For bread making you can’t beat the Food Geek’s sourdough bread recipe.   It took us several days to make it but it was well worth the effort.