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

Posted on March 22, 2013 by albatz

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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Spanish Tapas at UBC, Class No. 2

Posted on September 18, 2012 by albatz

My favorite dish of the evening was pickled mackerel, (escabeche), described as ‘fish in vinegar’. It didn’t sound all that appealing, and when I saw the amount of work involved in filleting these small fish I was quite glad that … Continue reading →

Posted in European, Food around the world | Tagged clams, cooking, croquettes, escabeche, food, ham.asparagus, mackerel, meatballs, menu, mushrooms, rice pudding, Spanish, tuna, wine | Comments Off

Spanish Tapas at UBC, Class No 1

Posted on September 17, 2012 by albatz

Here is the menu for our first cooking class in Spanish tapas. smoky paprika-spiced almonds olives marinated in lemon, roasted red pepper and herbs eggplant dip served with toasts Spanish tortilla (a potato omelete, very different from Mexican tortillas) fresh … Continue reading →

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Japanese Eating Class at Ajisai Sushi Bar

Posted on July 14, 2011 by albatz

In our ‘eating’ course we went to Ajisai Sushi Bar for a traditional sushi menu, and had amazing fruit sushi, traditional sushi, spectacular flying fish sushi and pressed sushi. Continue reading →

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A ‘roll your own’ sushi party!

Posted on June 14, 2011 by albatz

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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