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Japanese Home-Cooking Class #2 at UBC Cont. Studies

This class contained introductions to even more Japanese ingredients that I had never heard of. We started with miso soup with little beech mushrooms, and then began prepping the salads and the main course of mackerel, nimono and rice. Polished … Continue reading

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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

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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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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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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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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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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

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Mexican Cooking from the Yucatán, with Chef Rossana Ascencio

Our first class focused on the Mayan cuisine of the Yucatán Peninsula. The key ingredients of this region are corn, habanero chiles and tomatoes (gifts from Mexico to the world), citrus in the form of lime and bitter orange (a … Continue reading

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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

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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

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