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Category Archives: Food around the world
Japanese Home Cooking Class # 1, UBC Cont. Studies
Our class started with an introduction to a bewildering array of difficult-to-pronounce ingredients, most of which were to be used in the class recipes. We were to start with two different noodle ‘soups’, one hot, one cold. The udon noodle soup … Continue reading
gifts from Mexico to the world
Found on the wall in an obscure corner of the National Palace in Mexico City: This plaque lists both the Spanish and the Nahuatl words for various indigenous plants. Roughly translated it says, ‘the world owes to Mexico: corn, beans, … Continue reading
A ‘roll your own’ sushi party!
Here is a fun ‘interactive’ party; you set out the ingredients, the guests ‘roll their own’ cone sushi. The ingredients: NORI – large flat sheets of seaweed cut into ~ 4 inch squares SUSHI RICE – Japanese white rice (the … Continue reading
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Tagged Asian food, crab, food, Japanese, salmon, sashimi, sushi, tuna, wasabi
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Thai Masaaman yellow coconut curry recipe
This recipe for Massaman yellow curry uses pork, normally a no-no in the predominantly Muslim area of southern Thailand, along with potatoes, lychee and pineapple. Continue reading
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Tagged Asian food, cardamon, chiles, coconut, cooking, curry, fish sauce, food, lychee, Masaaman, peanuts, recipe, south Thai, tamarind, Thai food, yellow curry
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Thai eating course, Banquet no. 4, southern-style
Location: Talay Thai, 8369 Granville St, Vancouver. MENU Gaeng Masaman Moo, yellow coconut curry with pork, potato, onion, lychee and pineapple. My favourite dish of all the classes, and it was in with some tough competition. It’s not actually on … Continue reading
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Tagged appetizer, Asian food, chicken, chiles, coconut curry, cooking, cuisine, curry, food, Masaman yellow curry, salmon, satay, squid, Thai food
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cooking class in Laos
In Luang Prabang, Laos, we took a cooking class at the Three Elephants Café. It started with a tour of the local market where there were many foods that we had never seen before plus a few, such as chiles … Continue reading
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Tagged Asian food, cooking, food, Laos, Larb, lemongrass, lime, north-east Thailand, recipe
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Batz guacamole recipe
Into a bowl put: •2 perfect ripe avocados, peeled and pitted. Rinse and reserve one of the pits; apparently it stops the guacamole from turning brown… •6 cloves of garlic squished in a garlic press •couple shakes of Tabasco •salt, … Continue reading
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Tagged avocado, cilantro, guacamole, lime, Mexican, mexican food, recipe
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black-winged dragonfly captured in Laos silver
There were so many different dragonflies in Laos. These ones with black wings looked like black orchids tumbling in the breeze. Below is a necklace inspired by these beauties, the pendant was purchased in Luang Prabang and is typical of … Continue reading
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Tagged dragonfly, jewelry, Laos, necklace, pearls, silver
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