Amy Whitaker’s second period culinary arts class, seniors Kaydence Lanham and Jasmine McLead bake chocolate chip cookies from scratch. Lanham scoops the dough onto a baking pan while waiting for the oven to preheat. Photo by Liliana Castellanos. Senior Isabella Gibson scoops her chocolate chip cookie dough onto her baking pan during second-period culinary arts. Photo by Liliana Castellanos. Senior Timothy Brown has finished preheating the oven. He now places his cookie dough into the 375-degree oven. Photo by Liliana Castellanos. Whitaker assists Brown by cutting out his cookies and then placing the baked cookies onto a plate for a blind tasting with the class. Photo by Liliana Castellanos. Senior Jasmine McLead, with senior Kaydence Lanham, places her cookies onto a plate with Whitaker’s help, preparing for her blind taste test. Photo by Liliana Castellanos.