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the Food and Wine of the Rhone Valley – Class 3 Part 1

I would never have suspected the  French to have recipes that contain meat, meat and more meat, but this was the second such ‘meaty’ dish that we have made in our French cooking class. So our third class featuring the … Continue reading

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Wine & Food of the Rhone Valley: Class 2 Part 2

The second half of our second class on the food and wine of the Rhone River Valley featured ‘Mandarin Orange Pork Ribs with Roasted Carrots and Potatoes‘ followed by a dessert of moist ‘Dark Chocolate Cake with Orange Blossom Ice … Continue reading

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Food and Wine of the Rhone Valley, Class 1, Part 2

The main course for this meal was ‘Panned-fried Fish of the Day with a Juniper Berry Buerre Blanc and Curried Lentil Cauliflower‘. The best fish that day was haddock, and the ‘curry’ part of the curried vegetables was just a … Continue reading

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Huatape Veracruzana con Camarones, a Mole with Prawns from Veracruz

The entrée of our menu from Veracruz featured Huatape Veracruzana con Camarones. Special large sweet prawns are traditionally used in this dish, and Rossana felt that the BC spot prawns would be a perfect substitute. They were cooked in a … Continue reading

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Fried Daal from my Cooking Class in Udaipur, India

Although we are not vegetarians, we embraced vegetarianism in India. There, the variety of vegetarian food was so great that vegetarian was the only way to go! Add to that the fact that by eating primarily vegetarian dishes, neither one … Continue reading

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Central Region of Mexico: Chalupitas with Two Salsas

The appetizer or ‘antojito’ from the central region of Mexico was ‘Chalupitas de pollo poblanos con dos salsas’. Two different salsas were prepared: a salsa verde (green sauce) made with tomatillos, serrano chiles, onion, garlic and cilantro; and a salsa … Continue reading

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From the Central Region of Mexico: Bistec con Nopales, Chorizo y Frijoles

This is the main course from our cooking class featuring food from the heart of Mexico: Bistec con Nopales, Chorizo y Frijoles ‘Bistec‘ (beefsteak) is an inside round steak, sliced roulade-style, and marinated for several hours in a mix of oil, … Continue reading

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Agua de Jamaica, a Type of Agua Fresca or ‘Iced Tea’

Aguas Frescas are the Mexican answer to iced teas. Agua de jamaica is one of the more popular flavours, a sweet/sour ‘tea’ that refreshes on a hot Mexican afternoon. In our class we made ‘Agua de Jamaica‘ by adding the dried … Continue reading

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Mexican Cooking Class: Sopa Tarasca from Patzcuaro

door way into a secret jardin, Patzcuaro.  It was in 1976 that I first went to Patzcuaro, and on that first trip I fell in love with the city. And when I was in Patzcuaro, I fell in love with … Continue reading

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Mexican cooking class featuring a menu from Puebla

This menu is from my Mexican cooking class featuring the foods of the state of  Puebla. My favourite dish of the evening was the ‘sopa poblano‘, a creamy almost vegetarian soup to die for. Served along with the soup was … Continue reading

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