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Celebrating 10 Years!
Asian Home Cooking
Issue XXIII: December 22, 2009 |
Dear ,
A Merry Christmas to you all and to great day(s) of eating!
So as you can imagine, our family celebrates holidays by eating together. Our celebrations have a nice blend of Asian and American traditions when it comes to our holiday meals. We always have sushi, sashimi with the turkey, ham and sides at the family Christmas Day potluck. This year Wayne and I are contributing a beautiful
Japanese platter filled with a exceptional Chinese dish of pan-fried
noodles with stir-fried baby bok choy, Asian sliced carrots, scallops and
prawns. Our Bowlful of Noodle students will learn to make this dish on January 5th --Hong Kong Style Chow
Mein. Plan to come with a friend and you will find it will be one of your favorites as it is ours. Sixteen year old Chloe just learned how to do for her family, wouldn't you like
your teenager to cook for you too?  
Even more fun, my wonderful sis-in-law was planning to have duck for Christmas Eve Dinner. Yes, fresh (first you steam it and then roast it Cooks Illustrated recipe) duck. But alas, my young niece comes down with the flu and we are playing around with Plan B, should we move the Christmas eve festivities to another house, and what about the Duck? Wayne of course suggests we just go to Chinatown and buy one done Chinese style. We could even get the special one with a head! Carol Anne's sister living in Australia also weighed in on that one and said yes great idea! But we ditched that idea for the secondary item that was already on the menu, ham. I'll let you know what we really eat on Christmas Eve. At least it will be less dramatic than last year when I spent a couple days on making a Crochembushe for dessert and due to our iced in conditions had to shovel the whole alley (one city block) behind our house to get the car out. Can you relate? I was bound and determined to get to the dinner with my dessert! It was a nail biter to drive to Redmond that night but you know those things don't last to the next day...
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Basic essentials, knife skills will save your time and energy
One of the most valuable classes we offer is knife skills, January 25. First off you do eat in class. More importantly, you will leave with a skill that is foundational to your enjoyment of the art of cooking. You will learn and practice so that you have confidence to do it in your own kitchen. Your results--less time in preparation, more confidence in the kitchen and less energy spent with improved results. You will be a better cook when you leave this class. Think of it as improving your golf swing so you can play and enjoy the game. Knife skills are like that, the underlayment for a great cook and we are your coaches that set you up for success in the kitchen and you will have fun doing it. If you have been wondering how to make life easy, we have the answer. Check out our calendar for a special friend discount. Two heads are better than one in our knife skills class!
Enjoying the moments,
Naomi Kakiuchi, RD, CD, CCP President |
