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Tag Archives: cooking
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
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 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, 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 cooking, food, Laos, Larb, lemongrass, lime, north-east Thailand, recipe
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drunken sambal spot prawns (& advice on building up flavours)
It was pouring earlier but later, when it stopped raining, I headed out to the Spot Prawn Festival, only to find that everyone else had headed out as well. I seemed to be always in the wrong place at the … Continue reading
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Tagged cooking, prawns, recipe, sambal, Singapore & Malaysia
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Pad Thai and Penang Kai recipes
PAD THAI and PENANG KAI (Thai curry, Penang-style) recipes from the Thai Cultural Association Cooking Demonstrations during the Lay Krathong Celebration, November 6, 1993. Continue reading
Salbutes: little bocadillas to tempt the mouth
These tasty little treats start with homemade ‘tortillas’ that are topped with pulled chicken (marinated in bitter orange and achiote paste), lettuce, tomatoes, ‘pickled’ onions, avocados and jalapeños. The ‘tortillas’ are made with corn ‘masa’, to which a small amount … Continue reading
from the Yucatán : sopa de lima
Our Mexican cooking class featuring meals from the Yucatán began with sopa de lima (lime soup). This uniquely Yucatán dish is made from a special lime that grows only this region. The sopa de lima prepared in our class was a … Continue reading