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

Posted on July 13, 2011 by albatz

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

Posted on July 12, 2011 by albatz

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 menu from northeast Thailand (Issan)

Posted on April 10, 2011 by albatz

Wimaan Thai Restaurant, 1063 West Broadway, Vancouver. For the third Thai banquet in our UBC ‘eating’ course we went to Wimaan Thai Restaurant which featured food from north-east Thailand spelled variously Issan, Isaan or Esarn. Overall, the food from north-east Thailand … Continue reading →

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from the Yucatán : sopa de lima

Posted on February 9, 2011 by albatz

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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