cooking class highlights: Watermelon feast at Draegers cooking school

today june 24th 2011, my mom,my friend becky's mom debbie and myself went to a cooking class with Chef Bill hutton called watermelon feast, he talked about how to use watermelon as an ingrdient, i had a question about ceviche because my friends Jack tidwell from the neighbor and My co-worker Jennifer Castillo from Via west camp gave me these 2 wonderful recipe combinations, one is made with cucumber and the other is made with scallions, but when it comes to fish, chef bill told me you can use halibut, but only cooking it in lime juice in the fridge for 2-3 hours, because my mom is allegric to crab, calamari, shrimp and octopus, she can only eat salmon, tuna or halibut, so for someone who is alleric can have halibut ceviche, i like the the slicing idea, but cutting it in cubes is better, so let's get back to cooking class higlights so what chef Bill made is watermelon and jicama salad, then onto the main course beef and watermelon skewers,but i will make it next time with chicken breast or boneless chicken thighs for my dad's prefrence. then i had the best Watermelon panna cotta i ever tasted, its a custard made with cream, its rich, but its delish, so i would share the recipe for his watermelon panna cotta in my next blo, i have to get permission first from chef bill's facebook page, so i will post it as i get an ok. so this class was fun and i hope you enjoy my cooking stories too, best dishes from my food world to yours, thank you!