Cook With Confidence


SummerFun! / High School -
SummerFun! 2026

Build your kitchen confidence and get ready to cook on your own. Get comfortable using essential kitchen tools, pick up hands-on cooking tricks, and plan meals like a pro. Learn how to make approachable, well-loved dishes, like chicken tikka masala, bolognese, and fried rice, made with everyday ingredients from local grocery stores and smart shortcuts. Leave with a recipe booklet and the confidence to cook simple, satisfying meals while enjoying your time in the kitchen.

Instructor

Sarita Bhagwat


Sarita Bhagwat is a long-time Arlington resident, having raised two boys while being a full time working mom. After a long career at an investment bank, she has now started pursuing a career focused in culinary adventures. She specializes in regional Indian cuisine from Maharashtra and Mumbai, and creates fusion dishes using ingredients available in New England marrying them with Indian cooking techniques. Sarita has trained at Le Codon Bleu in London stretching her culinary repertoire to pastries and desserts, Indian and European. When not immersed in cooking or teaching cooking, you will find Sarita hiking at Whipple Hill with her black lab Clifford or practicing ballroom dancing at a studio in Cambridge.

Cook With Confidence -W3 PM Gr 9-12

  Sarita Bhagwat


Arlington High School
Mon Jul 20 - Fri Jul 24
12:30 - 3:30 PM

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Grades   9th - 12th

Cook With Confidence -W4 PM Gr 9-12

  Sarita Bhagwat


Arlington High School
Mon Jul 27 - Fri Jul 31
12:30 - 3:30 PM

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Grades   9th - 12th