I love today’s story from Laura at the Spiced Life.  Her trepidation is something we can all relate to and I am so grateful for her honesty! When I first spoke with Michelle about doing a guest post on her fabulous blog about cooking with my kids, I automatically assumed I’d be baking.  My kids

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What’s Cooking with YOUR Kids – Beyond Baking…and Shrimp Heads

When I was in Mexico last year, after they were able to uncurl my iron-clad grip on the airport entrance door frame because I was having a hard time leaving all those warm, freshly made corn tortillas behind, on the walkway to the departure gate, I realized I had a few extra pesos jingling in my pocket. Thankfully aside from a lot of great Mexican peanut candies and lime-spritzed peanuts that I stuffed into every pocket of my carry-on, the duty-free shop had a pretty large selection of tequilas, where I figured I could spend the bulk of my leftover funds

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Frozen Melon Margaritas

Nasi Lemak Kukus Sunday 5 th – 2.30 to 5 pm Nasi Lemak Kukus – not the rice cooker kind but the real steamed kind. Chicken Rendang Sambal Sotong Sambal Crispy Fried Fish – Singapore Style Then we will all sit together and have a nice Nasi Lemak  complete with the rest of the trimmings. Price Per Person: $105   Children’s Bread and Pizza Class Wednesday 8 th 10.30 to 1 pm This is a Fully Hands on Class for Children on holiday.  You will learn to make: 1.  Bread 2.  Pizza Dough 3.  Pizza 3.  Chocolate Bread Price Per Child: $85 A Day of Puddings Sunday 12 th September 10.30 to 1 pm Learn to make an array of Puddings Rich and Nutty Bread and Butter Pudding Orange Citrus Pudding Cheesy Pudding with Dried Apricots and Figs Price Per Person: $90 A Curry Afternoon Sunday 12 th September 2.30 to 5 pm Learn to make an Indian Meal and Curries without Coconut Milk Chicken Korma Fish Curry Mint Chutney Alu Methi – Indian Style Potatoes Price Per Person: $95   Cupcakes Thursday 16 th September 10 to 1 pm Learn to make and decorate freestyle cupcakes Cake Butter Icing Fondant Chocolate Topping Chocolate Cream Learn to do freestyle designs Each person gets to take home 8 decorated cupcakes

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Cooking Classes for September

I volunteered for Chef Jason Lucas as a photographer for a 9 year old’s birthday party at Let Them Eat Cake .  We had a great time and I loved every sticky bit of it!!  Soon, my ceramic cupcakes will be for sale in the lobby of Let Them Eat Cake in Tampa, Florida .

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Let Them Eat Cake!

Vegan Basics Week Everyone participating is welcome to bring home  samples of what they have made.  The fee for each of these  3-hour classes, which includes a bound notebook of recipes, is 80 euros. Discounts  from 10-20% of total price are available when several people sign up together or you sign up for two or more classes.

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Upcoming Cooking Class Schedule

In August, most of the businesses in Paris shut down while a vast number of people take their annual holiday vacations. And in case you think that’s a grammatical error, in French one says les vacances , in the plural.

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Farro Salad with Tomatoes, Mushrooms and Basil

By Randall Mack, Purchasing Manager People seem to either love them or hate them, there is no in-between.  I tend to agree, as a child tomatoes were most commonly found in my napkin or under my chicken bones.  My mom never understood why this was, as she loves the juicy fruits.  As I got older I questioned this action myself, and as I began to explore new avenues for where my food came from. I discovered that those ‘so called tomatoes’ were nothing more than mushy, watery, impostures.  Tomatoes should be sweet and delicate, not offensive and bland.  When I eat a tomato these days I want to taste their sugars and their elegance, I don’t want to feel like I am eating a soggy cracker.  These days eating a real tomato is a treat, something I put on par with climbing a mountain or sleeping under a redwood.  Their growing season in Colorado greatly depends on how our summers develop, so lately we haven’t been able to enjoy their greatness until now.  Grant Family Farms have beautiful heirloom varieties right now that display the true essence of what the tomato stands for.  Subtle and sweet they are truly a summer time treat.  My days of being fooled are over and I no longer stand for the general atrocities that run rampant in Colorado.  If it’s not the season neither freshly picked, then I revert back to my childhood and use them as pawns; strategically finding their way to the rim of a plate or under my leftovers

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CSR’s Weekly Local Purchases: You Say Tomato, I Say Tomoto

Are you having trouble finding your favorite odor eliminator at retail stores?  Great news – you can also shop for Fridge IT    activated charcoal odor absorbers  at Sur La Table stores too

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Fridge IT odor absorbers available at Sur La Table stores

Leave it to my friend Melissa from Little Locavores to call it like it is.  We were together on the White House lawn at the launch of Michelle Obama’s Chefs Move to Schools campaign, and were two of the only people who expressed concerns over the sustainability of the program.  She was a little more

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Realistic Kid-Friendly Menu Plan for the Week

Don’t forgot to stop by CSR this Saturday, August 28 th from 12-4pm for our semi-annual Bake Sale ! Professional Pastry Arts students will be transforming our kitchen into a student-run bakery for the day serving pies, tarts, breads, croissants, cakes, and much, much more! The Bake Sales are some of our most-anticipated community events of the year and give our students the feeling of working in a real bakery for the day. Make sure your calendars are marked for one of the sweetest afternoons of the year. Shop early for the best selection!

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REMINDER: The Bake Sale is this Saturday!

The last week of August is officially here…yikes!! I’m not ready to see the summer go but fall is always a nice change of pace! As we start gearing up for football games, cooler weather and warmer clothes, we’re also getting ready for some new events and new developments at Chef’s Market!! Tuesday, August 24th – Last night we catered an amazing dinner honoring Country Music icon, Wynonna Judd ! We were thrilled to be apart of the event, Wynonna rocks! Courtesy of Billboard.com Thursday, August 26th – We’re catering the Source Awards at the Noah Liff Opera Center on Thursday! We can’t wait to help these amazing ladies celebrate all their accomplishments over the past year! Friday/Saturday, August 27-28th – Our weekend menu will feature traditional Indian cuisine as we’re focusing on the second country in our ‘Eat, Pray, Love’ menu series…for more information check out our Facebook page ! Cooking Classes at Chef’s Market: We’re still hammering out details but we will be debuting a cooking class  next month at Chef’s Market! Chef Jeff Brown will teach the class on a Saturday and participants will not only get to create an exquisite meal but also eat it too! We’ll keep you posted with all the latest information! What’s you week like, has it been full of end of summer activities? Genna Be the first in your friends to like it

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What’s Happening at Chef’s Market

My kids joined me today as I did a cooking demonstration at a health fair in San Francisco, sponsored by Senator Leland Yee. While my daughter helped me prep some of the vegetables, my son ran around with the Flip video camera, catching some of the action.  I did my best to edit the video

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Cooking with Kids Demo at the Noriega Street Health Fair

I had a wonderful trip to New York City recently and shared some of the places that I visited (see links at end of post), but there were plenty more places that I ate at, which didn’t get mentioned in previous posts. So here’s a round-up of them… Katz’s Most of the good delis are gone in New York City, but Katz’s is an institution and I like to believe it’s never going to let me down. I’ve had great meals there, but on this visit, my corned beef was tough and almost all of the meat inside my sandwich was inedible.

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New York City Dining and Travel Notes

As a parent, it is so easy to be rushed. It starts first thing in the morning if you’re anything like I am; brushing teeth, packing lunches, dressing multiple people, combing through snarls… by the time I get to dinner, I really just want to order take-out or have it delivered. I can’t do that

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What’s Cooking with YOUR Kids, Kitchen Confidence

On a recent trip to New York City, I was surprised (and delighted) to find many businesses are now offering free Wi-Fi, from department and electronics stores to the local coffee shops as well as national chains like Starbucks . Although the private businesses in Paris have been slow to catch on, the city of Paris hasn’t been and they offer complimentary Wi-Fi in 400 locations around the city, including public parks and municipal spaces. The Wi-Fi (pronounced wee-fee ) is available from 7am to 11pm, or during the hours the park or building is open

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How to Find and Use Free Wi-Fi in Paris

Join Celine Turenne and Cookworks , 1548 West Broadway on South Granville , every Saturday for an in-store live cooking demonstration.

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French Cooking: In-Store Cooking Demo Saturday Aug 21, at Cookworks on South Granville

Save the date! CSR’s Home Cook free Open House is right around the corner. Join us on Thursday, September 23 rd from 5:30 – 7:30 pm as we celebrate the beginning of a festive Fall season with chef demos, discounts on class registrations, and tastes of terrific seasonal fare. We’ll also be hosting a live band and staff and chefs will be available to answer questions on all things food

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Fall Flavors Free Home Cook Open House

The French have a lot of protests and manifestations . Some of the issues they march for are a bit of a reach and we roll our eyes. And it’s annoying when the trains and other forms of transport go on strike and you need to get somewhere

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Les Tomates

Preserving Food Posted on July 15, 2010 at 1:42 pm · Filed under NWCAV , Serious Foodie Menu: Kimchi Sauerkraut Brined Pickles Cost: $89 + hst Date: September 21, 2010 Time:  6:15 – 9:45pm Bring:  chef’s knife, paring knife, apron, tea towels, 3 wide-mouth 500ml jars.

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‘Serious Foodie’ fermentation class at Northwest Culinary Academy Vancouver

The Liberty Gastropub 704.332.8830 Made with passion, pride, enthusiasm, care and attention to detail, The Liberty’s Chef Tom Condron continues to share his passion for handcrafting great meals in a fun and entertaining atmosphere. After great success with their first few classes, The Liberty will continue their cooking classes throughout the fall

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The Liberty’s Artisinal Cooking Class Series Continues