| Announcing New On-Line Chile Cooking Class
School celebrates 24th year of teaching Southwestern cooking. Albuquerque, NM (PRWEB) August 15, 2007 -- The world's first on-line chile cooking course "All About Chiles" is taking registrations. This complete, comprehensive course is focused solely on learning about chiles and how to cook with them. In a beautifully designed series of 40 lectures by Jane Butel (www.janebutel.com), participants will cook with chiles in Southwestern and Mexican dishes. Hints and tips for cooking with both green and red chiles will be completely spelled out. Also, the healthful benefits, history and lore will be taught. Jane Butel is an internationally renowned teacher, first to write and popularize Southwestern cuisine. The best-selling author of 18 cookbooks she conducts cooking schools, culinary tours and is now teaching online.
No-pressure cooking
When a group of co-workers gathers for an "Iron Chef" event, you'd think the foodies in the bunch would feel some competitive juices start to flow. Wouldn't at least a few of them aggressively plot their superior meal? It would seem inevitable that at least one loser might throw some food. Not so. As it turns out, the cooking competitions hosted at Chicago area cooking schools are pleasant affairs. Co-workers at one recent event seemed downright cooperative, sipping wine and nibbling on appetizers such as Italian sausage-stuffed mushroom caps. Companies and organizations say they sign up for such private events to encourage bonding and networking. .
Weekend Beat/Breathing Space: Writer follows nose to cooking school; learns to bake bread
Where was the yummy smell coming from? I followed my nose to a glassed-in cooking school at Tokyo Midtown in the Roppongi area. Behind the glass wall, dozens of women wearing colorful aprons were cooking. Further investigation revealed it was one of 93 female-only cooking schools operated nationwide by ABC Cooking Studio Co. The outlet at Tokyo Midtown was a bit different from the others--it offers some classes in English. Learning to cook in English. It sounded like fun. Since free trial lessons were available, I immediately signed up. Three courses were offered: general cooking, bread or cakes. I chose bread. During the lesson, I would be baking cafe-au-lait bread. I'd baked pizza from scratch, but never bread. As instructed, I showed up for the lesson armed with an apron, a pair of slippers and a small towel.
Meal tickets
Ever since a trip to Vietnam two years ago, during which I toured the exotic food markets of Nha Trang with the hotel chef at the Ana Mandara resort and learned how to make my own rice paper for spring rolls at cooking schools in Hoi An, I have been convinced that there is no better way to get to the heart of any city than through its cuisine. .
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