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People may be eating more and more meals away from home. but those meals wt ich are eaten at their own tables are going to become more spectacular. A snowcovered bench in Waterloo Park silently During the summer months these benches were crammed with spectators. They have been deserted awaits the opening of the baseball season. for the winter months and show and ice is their only companion. That's the trend. accord- ing to Bob Simpson. manager of continuing edu- cation at the Waterloo Campus of Conestoga Col- lege Researchers say that Canadians now eat one in every three meals away from home and that figure will increase to one in every two. by I”), The many faces of old man wihter “But the meals eaten at home are going to be really special." Mr. Simpson said “Eating at home is going to become an event. 't A gourmet cooking for two curse will be offered at the Waterloo cam in the winter sessim - to hetp peo- Gourmet cooking m adds pizzazz - “mg: Wind-formed snowbanks overhanging a swift moving stream' caught a photographer's eye European'and gourmet cooking and cooking with wine. spices and herbs will be taught by Gary Williams. a faculty member in the food and beverage manage- ment program at the Wa- terloo campus The course will comprise six two or three-hour ses- sions taught on Sunday mornings. Participants can be couples. although that isn't a stipulation. Mr. Simpson said. ple plan their gourmet events. “A lot of people are afraid to go to the spice rack and use spices." Mr Williams said and added that par- ticipants will learn how to apply cooking techniques they may not be familiar Boning shadows across this snow covered strut molt. a pictmosquo OM CEI Terry James Geoff Hallo Photos try and