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A little history first. Every Fourth (of July for you internationals) my mom plans her annual "Camp Ann". She plans all sorts of fun activities indoors and out. My brother's stepdaughter is 16 and very into cooking (she's quite good actually and would have spent the summer working with me if it weren't for my evil ex business partner - another story for another day).

Anyway, Mum is planning a cupcake decorating contest, an Iron Chef type challenge and is looking for one more thing to round out the events. She mentioned that it might be fun for all of us to learn a new technique together and make something using that lesson. The problem is we can't think of anything that we don't already know how to do that might not be adversely affected by potential heat and humidity! (I know, that sounds snotty but she and I are *major* foodies and I was a "pro" for a bit.)

Anyone have any suggestions? Mum has a very large well-equipped kitchen so space isn't an issue. We would just like to do something fun and tasty. We thought about some cake decorating techniques but with the potential for serious summer weather that's not a good plan. We also considered a pig roast but there isn't all that much fun in it (aside of eating it!). Any ideas will be very welcomed. Bren