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A graduate of \u003ca href=\"http://naturalgourmetinstitute.com/\">The Natural Gourmet Institute\u003c/a>, UC Berkeley, and Cornell University’s Plant-Based Nutrition Program, the creative, animal-loving, and adorable \u003ca href=\"http://chefchloe.com/\">Chef Chloe\u003c/a> had already entered the culinary world at the time of the competition with positions at Bay Area veggie hot spots \u003ca href=\"http://www.millenniumrestaurant.com/\">Millennium\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"http://www.herbivorerestaurant.com/\">Herbivore\u003c/a> as well as Counter in New York. But it was her victory on \u003cem>Cupcake Wars—\u003c/em>the first victory by a vegan on a Food Network competition—that finally gave permission to vegans all over the country to shout from the rooftops: \"Ha! Our desserts are not only just as good as all the others! They can even be better!\" So influential was Chloe's win, that not only have more vegan bakers competed on the show since her, but tomorrow, Food Network is even airing a \u003ca href=\"http://vegansaurus.com/post/18569962552\">\u003cem>Cupcake Wars\u003c/em> all-vegan showdown\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since that win, Chloe's approachable take on veganism has blown up in the media, with spreads in \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/09/06/tasty-vegan-food-cupcakes-show-it-can-be-done/\">The New York Times\u003c/a>\u003c/em>, \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"http://vegnews.com/articles/page.do?pageId=2483&catId=8\">Woman's World\u003c/a>\u003c/em>, and on \u003ca href=\"http://eatocracy.cnn.com/2011/10/17/55-give-vegan-cooking-a-chance/\">CNN\u003c/a>. In January \u003ca href=\"http://chefchloe.com/sweets/chocolate-layer-cake.html\">she appeared on \u003cem>The Doctors\u003c/em>\u003c/a> with a recipe for a decadent vegan chocolate cake.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And tomorrow, March 6, after much anticipation, Chloe's first cookbook, \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1451636741/kqedorg-20\">Chloe’s Kitchen\u003c/a>\u003c/em> will launch (but you can \u003ca href=\"http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1451636741/kqedorg-20\">pre-order it now\u003c/a>!).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Chloe's Kitchen\u003c/em> has recipes ranging from the very simple, like \"Classic Roasted Vegetables\" and \"Avocado Toast\" all the way to the more intricate, like \"Seitan Scallopini\" and \"Tarte Tatin with Coconut Whipped Cream.\" And of course it features her famous desserts, including her award-winning cupcakes, plus (in true vegan form) a recipe for \"Peanut Butter Dog Treats.\" It serves as a great intro to those new to veganism or interested in trying it out, with helpful tips on everything from how to stock a vegan pantry to how to make soy-free soy sauce. In addition to an intro from Chloe on how she came to be a vegan and how she approaches cooking, there is also a forward by \u003ca href=\"http://www.nealbarnard.org/\">Dr. Neal D. Barnard\u003c/a>, Founder and President of Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine addressing common concerns about veganism, like the ever-present question of \"Will I get enough protein?\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I can go on and on about Chloe and the yummy recipes in her book, but let's talk to the chef herself. Chloe was kind enough to answer some questions for Bay Area Bites about her approach to veganism, her favorite recipe, her take on the Bay Area vegan food scene, and even about her beloved animal friends. Read on, then scroll down for a recipe from her book, as well information on book signing events in the Bay Area in the coming weeks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>The vegan community is very excited for your new cookbook! What was the motivating spirit behind \u003cem>Chloe's Kitchen\u003c/em> and what impact do you hope it will have in the culinary world?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since going vegan 8 years ago, I've had so many people ask me \"How do you do it? I could NEVER be vegan!\" There are lots of myths out there that vegan food is bland, boring, expensive, and difficult to prepare. Wrong! My motivation behind \u003cem>Chloe's Kitchen\u003c/em> is to show people that vegan food can actually be extremely flavorful, exciting, and easy to prepare. I hope that \u003cem>Chloe's Kitchen\u003c/em> will prove to the mainstream that vegan cooking is fun and accessible and convince people to try it in their homes on a regular basis.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003cem>Chloe's Kitchen\u003c/em> is dedicated to your mom, and you mentioned that she and the rest of your family was very supportive when you went vegan as a kid. What were your reasons for going vegan, and do you have advice for anyone else--child or adult--who is the sole vegan in their family?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Going vegan in a family of carnivores can seem daunting, but if I could do it as a child, anyone can! My advice would be to stay positive. Your family might be overwhelmed if you focus on what you can't eat. Instead focus on what you can eat! Take your family to a local vegan restaurant or try cooking something delicious from \u003cem>Chloe's Kitchen\u003c/em> once a week (I'd recommend \"Penne alla Vodka with the Best Garlic Bread in the World\" or \"Mongolian BBQ Seitan\"). Your family will be thrilled and open up to the idea.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I dedicated \u003cem>Chloe's Kitchen\u003c/em> to my mom because she has been with me on this journey every step of the way. She was the first person to support my dietary choices and even cooked me a separate feast on my first vegan Thanksgiving! She always has a \"can do\" attitude and tells me everyday that anything is possible. Without her optimism, I would have never taken a chance on going to culinary school and writing this book.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>I love the range of difficulty that your recipes offer. A novice can take their time moving from something simple like Easy Peasy Pasta Salad, all the way to Moroccan Bastilla. But tell us: What is YOUR favorite go-to dish from your collection?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I love that you noticed that! For the most part, the recipes in \u003cem>Chloe's Kitchen\u003c/em> are simple and straight forward, but I did throw in a couple fun ones for the more adventurous chefs. My favorite go-to weeknight meal would have to be \"Fettuccine Alfredo\" or \"Falafel Sliders with Avocado Hummus.\" For dessert, definitely my \"Cinnamon Espresso Chocolate Chip Cookies.\" I even make them for breakfast sometimes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>You mention in your book that your love for cooking started during college at UC Berkeley, after which you jetted off to New York to attend \u003ca href=\"http://naturalgourmetinstitute.com/\">The Natural Gourmet Institute\u003c/a>. Did you specifically study vegan culinary arts or did you have to adapt your studies to your ethical stance?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In my senior year of college at UC Berkeley, I toured a bunch of culinary schools with my mom before making a choice. It became clear that Natural Gourmet was the obvious choice. Not only does Natural Gourmet have a focus on health, nutrition, and alternative medicine, but they are also very supportive of each student's moral beliefs. You do not have to touch or taste anything you don't want to. Natural Gourmet's plant-based focus truly puts them on the cutting edge of culinary education.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>You have some strong Bay Area roots. How do you feel the Bay Area is evolving from a vegan perspective?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Bay Area holds a very dear place in my heart. I have had so many amazing experiences there, from going to college at UC Berkeley, to getting my first restaurant job at Herbivore, to experiencing my first vegetarian festival in San Francisco, to working at the world's greatest vegan restaurant, Millennium! The Bay Area is definitely one of the fastest-evolving veg cities in the world. I mean, come on, what other city has an all-vegan cinnamon roll bakery (\u003ca href=\"www.cinnaholic.com\">Cinnaholic\u003c/a>) or an all-vegan sushi house (\u003ca href=\"http://www.yelp.com/biz/cha-ya-vegetarian-japanese-restaurant-san-francisco\">Cha-ya\u003c/a>)?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What are your favorite Bay Area culinary destinations?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I could probably write a whole book on this topic because I am totally obsessed with the food in the Bay! There is nothing like a bag of salty air-baked garlic fries at \u003ca href=\"http://www.yelp.com/biz/smart-alecs-intelligent-food-berkeley\">Smart Alecs\u003c/a>, or a platter of the oyster mushroom calamari at Millennium Restaurant. I could eat hundreds of pieces of tempura sushi (specifically, the Cha-Ya roll) at Cha-ya. Vegan Chinese food is also very plentiful in the Bay, my favorite place being \u003ca href=\"http://www.yelp.com/biz/long-life-vegi-house-berkeley\">Long Life Veggie House\u003c/a> in Berkeley. My friends took me there every year on my birthday in college and I would always get the Broccoli Veggie Chicken-- it's to die for! And don't forget the Shawarma Wrap from Herbivore. After this question, I'm starving!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>And a final question I just have to ask. One of my favorite quotes from your introduction in \u003cem>Chloe's Kitchen\u003c/em> is \"You name it. I've adopted it. From pit bulls and rats to frogs and lizards, I've always been a please-can-we-keep-him? kind of girl.\" I can totally relate, as I'm sure many vegans can. Are there any special non-human animals that have made a particularly strong impact in your life? (Feel free to share adorable photos!)\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>My life has been made so incredibly rich with the love of my pets! I just recently adopted 2 infant chihuahua's from the shelter. They were abandoned on the street by someone and were going to be put to sleep the day the we picked them up. We were originally asked by an animal rescue group to foster the puppies, but you know how that works... One look into their eyes and the adoption papers were signed! They are brother and sister named Buster and Winnie. All they want to do is kiss each other and me...all day long. They are the sweetest dogs who love nothing more than sleeping curled up on top of me.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Thank you, Chloe, for taking the time to talk to Bay Area Bites. We can't wait to make everything in your book, and see other creative recipes you come up with in the future! \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-39751\" title=\"Chloe with Puppies \" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/03/Recently-Updated16.jpg\" alt=\"Chloe with Puppies \" width=\"500\" height=\"313\">\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Chef Chloe with the recently adopted Buster and Winnie (photo courtesy of the author)\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Upcoming Book Signing Events:\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nMonday, March 12: \u003ca href=\"http://www.omnivorebooks.com/events.html\">Omnivore Books\u003c/a> (San Francisco) – 6pm\u003cbr>\nTuesday, March 13: \u003ca href=\"http://bookpassage.com/event/chloe-coscarelli-chloes-kitchen-125-easy-delicious-recipes-making-food-you-love-vegan-way\">Book Passage\u003c/a> (San Francisco) – Ferry Building – 6pm\u003cbr>\nWednesday, March 14: \u003ca href=\"http://www.booksinc.net/event/chloe-coscarelli-books-inc-marina\">Books Inc.\u003c/a> (San Francisco) – Marina location – 7pm\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Chloe will also be appearing on KQED's \u003ca href=\"http://www.kqed.org/radio/programs/forum/index.jsp\">Forum\u003c/a> with fellow vegan chef \u003ca href=\"http://www.compassionatecook.com/\">Colleen Patrick-Goudreau\u003c/a> on March 13. \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003cimg class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-39637\" title=\"Sweet Potato Gnocchi with Sage Butter\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/03/Sweet-Potato-Gnocchi-with-Sage-Butter1.jpg\" alt=\"Sweet Potato Gnocchi with Sage Butter\" width=\"500\" height=\"667\">\u003cbr>\n\u003c/strong>\u003cem>Photo Credit: Miki Duisterhol\u003c/em>\u003cstrong>\u003cbr>\n\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong> Sweet Potato Gnocchi with Sage Butter\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>SERVES 4 TO 6\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Gnocchi (pronounced NYO-kee) are soft little pillows of potato heaven that pretty much put regular\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>noodles to shame. I like to make the dough with sweet potatoes and pan-fry the gnocchi with a\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>touch of vegan butter and fresh sage leaves. You get extra points if they make it to the plate before\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>going into your mouth!\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Make-Ahead Tip\u003cbr>\nUncooked gnocchi can be made in advance and kept frozen for up to 1 month or refrigerated\u003cbr>\nfor 3 to 4 days until ready to boil.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>2 large red-skinned sweet potatoes (about 2 pounds)\u003cbr>\n2 1/2 to 3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour, plus extra for rolling\u003cbr>\n1 teaspoon sea salt\u003cbr>\n1/2 cup vegan margarine\u003cbr>\n1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg\u003cbr>\n1/2 cup fresh sage leaves\u003cbr>\n1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper, plus extra for serving\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Preheat the oven to 425 degrees.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pierce sweet potatoes with a fork, place in a baking pan, and bake until fully cooked, about 45 to 60 minutes. Remove from oven and let sit until cool enough to handle. Using a sharp knife, cut the potatoes in half lengthwise. Using a large spoon, scoop the flesh out of each sweet potato into a medium bowl. Thoroughly mash the sweet potatoes while they are still warm, then set aside or refrigerate to cool completely. Add salt, nutmeg, and pepper to the sweet potatoes. Add flour, 1/2 cup at a time, mixing well with a spoon to combine. Once a soft, slightly sticky, dough has formed, divide it into six portions. Generously flour the work surface and your hands. Roll each portion of dough into ropes about 1/2 inch in diameter. Each rope will be approximately 7 to 9 inches long. Dip a sharp knife in flour and cut each rope into 1-inch long pillows. If desired, roll each pillow on fork tines to make decorative ridges.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fill a medium saucepan with heavily salted water and bring it to a boil. In the meantime, heat margarine and sage in a large nonstick skillet until the margarine begins to bubble.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When the water is boiling, reduce heat to a gentle simmer and gently drop in the gnocchi, about 20 at a time. The gnocchi will float to the surface in about 4 minutes. Continue to cook about 30 seconds more. Using a slotted spoon, immediately transfer the gnocchi to the skillet of butter sauce. Let cook, turning frequently, for 1 to 2 minutes. You will have to do this in several batches, until all the gnocchi are cooked. Serve immediately, topped with additional freshly ground black pepper.\u003cstrong>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>You can follow Chloe on \u003ca href=\"http://www.facebook.com/ChloeCoscarelli\">Facebook\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"http://twitter.com/#%21/chloecoscarelli\">Twitter\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"http://www.youtube.com/chloecoscarelli\">YouTube\u003c/a>.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-39615\" title=\"CHLOE'S KITCHEN Cover Image\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/03/CHLOES-KITCHEN-Cover-Image.jpg\" alt=\"CHLOE'S KITCHEN Cover Image\" width=\"500\" height=\"620\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The vegan community owes a lot to Chloe Coscarelli for \u003ca href=\"http://chefchloe.com/videos/vegan-cupcakes-take-top-honors-on-cupcake-wars.html\">her victory on Food Network's \u003cem>Cupcake Wars\u003c/em>\u003c/a> in 2010. A graduate of \u003ca href=\"http://naturalgourmetinstitute.com/\">The Natural Gourmet Institute\u003c/a>, UC Berkeley, and Cornell University’s Plant-Based Nutrition Program, the creative, animal-loving, and adorable \u003ca href=\"http://chefchloe.com/\">Chef Chloe\u003c/a> had already entered the culinary world at the time of the competition with positions at Bay Area veggie hot spots \u003ca href=\"http://www.millenniumrestaurant.com/\">Millennium\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"http://www.herbivorerestaurant.com/\">Herbivore\u003c/a> as well as Counter in New York. But it was her victory on \u003cem>Cupcake Wars—\u003c/em>the first victory by a vegan on a Food Network competition—that finally gave permission to vegans all over the country to shout from the rooftops: \"Ha! Our desserts are not only just as good as all the others! They can even be better!\" So influential was Chloe's win, that not only have more vegan bakers competed on the show since her, but tomorrow, Food Network is even airing a \u003ca href=\"http://vegansaurus.com/post/18569962552\">\u003cem>Cupcake Wars\u003c/em> all-vegan showdown\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since that win, Chloe's approachable take on veganism has blown up in the media, with spreads in \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/09/06/tasty-vegan-food-cupcakes-show-it-can-be-done/\">The New York Times\u003c/a>\u003c/em>, \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"http://vegnews.com/articles/page.do?pageId=2483&catId=8\">Woman's World\u003c/a>\u003c/em>, and on \u003ca href=\"http://eatocracy.cnn.com/2011/10/17/55-give-vegan-cooking-a-chance/\">CNN\u003c/a>. In January \u003ca href=\"http://chefchloe.com/sweets/chocolate-layer-cake.html\">she appeared on \u003cem>The Doctors\u003c/em>\u003c/a> with a recipe for a decadent vegan chocolate cake.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And tomorrow, March 6, after much anticipation, Chloe's first cookbook, \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1451636741/kqedorg-20\">Chloe’s Kitchen\u003c/a>\u003c/em> will launch (but you can \u003ca href=\"http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1451636741/kqedorg-20\">pre-order it now\u003c/a>!).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Chloe's Kitchen\u003c/em> has recipes ranging from the very simple, like \"Classic Roasted Vegetables\" and \"Avocado Toast\" all the way to the more intricate, like \"Seitan Scallopini\" and \"Tarte Tatin with Coconut Whipped Cream.\" And of course it features her famous desserts, including her award-winning cupcakes, plus (in true vegan form) a recipe for \"Peanut Butter Dog Treats.\" It serves as a great intro to those new to veganism or interested in trying it out, with helpful tips on everything from how to stock a vegan pantry to how to make soy-free soy sauce. In addition to an intro from Chloe on how she came to be a vegan and how she approaches cooking, there is also a forward by \u003ca href=\"http://www.nealbarnard.org/\">Dr. Neal D. Barnard\u003c/a>, Founder and President of Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine addressing common concerns about veganism, like the ever-present question of \"Will I get enough protein?\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I can go on and on about Chloe and the yummy recipes in her book, but let's talk to the chef herself. Chloe was kind enough to answer some questions for Bay Area Bites about her approach to veganism, her favorite recipe, her take on the Bay Area vegan food scene, and even about her beloved animal friends. Read on, then scroll down for a recipe from her book, as well information on book signing events in the Bay Area in the coming weeks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>The vegan community is very excited for your new cookbook! What was the motivating spirit behind \u003cem>Chloe's Kitchen\u003c/em> and what impact do you hope it will have in the culinary world?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since going vegan 8 years ago, I've had so many people ask me \"How do you do it? I could NEVER be vegan!\" There are lots of myths out there that vegan food is bland, boring, expensive, and difficult to prepare. Wrong! My motivation behind \u003cem>Chloe's Kitchen\u003c/em> is to show people that vegan food can actually be extremely flavorful, exciting, and easy to prepare. I hope that \u003cem>Chloe's Kitchen\u003c/em> will prove to the mainstream that vegan cooking is fun and accessible and convince people to try it in their homes on a regular basis.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003cem>Chloe's Kitchen\u003c/em> is dedicated to your mom, and you mentioned that she and the rest of your family was very supportive when you went vegan as a kid. What were your reasons for going vegan, and do you have advice for anyone else--child or adult--who is the sole vegan in their family?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Going vegan in a family of carnivores can seem daunting, but if I could do it as a child, anyone can! My advice would be to stay positive. Your family might be overwhelmed if you focus on what you can't eat. Instead focus on what you can eat! Take your family to a local vegan restaurant or try cooking something delicious from \u003cem>Chloe's Kitchen\u003c/em> once a week (I'd recommend \"Penne alla Vodka with the Best Garlic Bread in the World\" or \"Mongolian BBQ Seitan\"). Your family will be thrilled and open up to the idea.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I dedicated \u003cem>Chloe's Kitchen\u003c/em> to my mom because she has been with me on this journey every step of the way. She was the first person to support my dietary choices and even cooked me a separate feast on my first vegan Thanksgiving! She always has a \"can do\" attitude and tells me everyday that anything is possible. Without her optimism, I would have never taken a chance on going to culinary school and writing this book.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>I love the range of difficulty that your recipes offer. A novice can take their time moving from something simple like Easy Peasy Pasta Salad, all the way to Moroccan Bastilla. But tell us: What is YOUR favorite go-to dish from your collection?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I love that you noticed that! For the most part, the recipes in \u003cem>Chloe's Kitchen\u003c/em> are simple and straight forward, but I did throw in a couple fun ones for the more adventurous chefs. My favorite go-to weeknight meal would have to be \"Fettuccine Alfredo\" or \"Falafel Sliders with Avocado Hummus.\" For dessert, definitely my \"Cinnamon Espresso Chocolate Chip Cookies.\" I even make them for breakfast sometimes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>You mention in your book that your love for cooking started during college at UC Berkeley, after which you jetted off to New York to attend \u003ca href=\"http://naturalgourmetinstitute.com/\">The Natural Gourmet Institute\u003c/a>. Did you specifically study vegan culinary arts or did you have to adapt your studies to your ethical stance?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In my senior year of college at UC Berkeley, I toured a bunch of culinary schools with my mom before making a choice. It became clear that Natural Gourmet was the obvious choice. Not only does Natural Gourmet have a focus on health, nutrition, and alternative medicine, but they are also very supportive of each student's moral beliefs. You do not have to touch or taste anything you don't want to. Natural Gourmet's plant-based focus truly puts them on the cutting edge of culinary education.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>You have some strong Bay Area roots. How do you feel the Bay Area is evolving from a vegan perspective?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Bay Area holds a very dear place in my heart. I have had so many amazing experiences there, from going to college at UC Berkeley, to getting my first restaurant job at Herbivore, to experiencing my first vegetarian festival in San Francisco, to working at the world's greatest vegan restaurant, Millennium! The Bay Area is definitely one of the fastest-evolving veg cities in the world. I mean, come on, what other city has an all-vegan cinnamon roll bakery (\u003ca href=\"www.cinnaholic.com\">Cinnaholic\u003c/a>) or an all-vegan sushi house (\u003ca href=\"http://www.yelp.com/biz/cha-ya-vegetarian-japanese-restaurant-san-francisco\">Cha-ya\u003c/a>)?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What are your favorite Bay Area culinary destinations?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I could probably write a whole book on this topic because I am totally obsessed with the food in the Bay! There is nothing like a bag of salty air-baked garlic fries at \u003ca href=\"http://www.yelp.com/biz/smart-alecs-intelligent-food-berkeley\">Smart Alecs\u003c/a>, or a platter of the oyster mushroom calamari at Millennium Restaurant. I could eat hundreds of pieces of tempura sushi (specifically, the Cha-Ya roll) at Cha-ya. Vegan Chinese food is also very plentiful in the Bay, my favorite place being \u003ca href=\"http://www.yelp.com/biz/long-life-vegi-house-berkeley\">Long Life Veggie House\u003c/a> in Berkeley. My friends took me there every year on my birthday in college and I would always get the Broccoli Veggie Chicken-- it's to die for! And don't forget the Shawarma Wrap from Herbivore. After this question, I'm starving!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>And a final question I just have to ask. One of my favorite quotes from your introduction in \u003cem>Chloe's Kitchen\u003c/em> is \"You name it. I've adopted it. From pit bulls and rats to frogs and lizards, I've always been a please-can-we-keep-him? kind of girl.\" I can totally relate, as I'm sure many vegans can. Are there any special non-human animals that have made a particularly strong impact in your life? (Feel free to share adorable photos!)\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>My life has been made so incredibly rich with the love of my pets! I just recently adopted 2 infant chihuahua's from the shelter. They were abandoned on the street by someone and were going to be put to sleep the day the we picked them up. We were originally asked by an animal rescue group to foster the puppies, but you know how that works... One look into their eyes and the adoption papers were signed! They are brother and sister named Buster and Winnie. All they want to do is kiss each other and me...all day long. They are the sweetest dogs who love nothing more than sleeping curled up on top of me.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Thank you, Chloe, for taking the time to talk to Bay Area Bites. We can't wait to make everything in your book, and see other creative recipes you come up with in the future! \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-39751\" title=\"Chloe with Puppies \" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/03/Recently-Updated16.jpg\" alt=\"Chloe with Puppies \" width=\"500\" height=\"313\">\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Chef Chloe with the recently adopted Buster and Winnie (photo courtesy of the author)\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Upcoming Book Signing Events:\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nMonday, March 12: \u003ca href=\"http://www.omnivorebooks.com/events.html\">Omnivore Books\u003c/a> (San Francisco) – 6pm\u003cbr>\nTuesday, March 13: \u003ca href=\"http://bookpassage.com/event/chloe-coscarelli-chloes-kitchen-125-easy-delicious-recipes-making-food-you-love-vegan-way\">Book Passage\u003c/a> (San Francisco) – Ferry Building – 6pm\u003cbr>\nWednesday, March 14: \u003ca href=\"http://www.booksinc.net/event/chloe-coscarelli-books-inc-marina\">Books Inc.\u003c/a> (San Francisco) – Marina location – 7pm\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Chloe will also be appearing on KQED's \u003ca href=\"http://www.kqed.org/radio/programs/forum/index.jsp\">Forum\u003c/a> with fellow vegan chef \u003ca href=\"http://www.compassionatecook.com/\">Colleen Patrick-Goudreau\u003c/a> on March 13. \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003cimg class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-39637\" title=\"Sweet Potato Gnocchi with Sage Butter\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/03/Sweet-Potato-Gnocchi-with-Sage-Butter1.jpg\" alt=\"Sweet Potato Gnocchi with Sage Butter\" width=\"500\" height=\"667\">\u003cbr>\n\u003c/strong>\u003cem>Photo Credit: Miki Duisterhol\u003c/em>\u003cstrong>\u003cbr>\n\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong> Sweet Potato Gnocchi with Sage Butter\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>SERVES 4 TO 6\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Gnocchi (pronounced NYO-kee) are soft little pillows of potato heaven that pretty much put regular\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>noodles to shame. I like to make the dough with sweet potatoes and pan-fry the gnocchi with a\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>touch of vegan butter and fresh sage leaves. You get extra points if they make it to the plate before\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>going into your mouth!\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Make-Ahead Tip\u003cbr>\nUncooked gnocchi can be made in advance and kept frozen for up to 1 month or refrigerated\u003cbr>\nfor 3 to 4 days until ready to boil.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>2 large red-skinned sweet potatoes (about 2 pounds)\u003cbr>\n2 1/2 to 3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour, plus extra for rolling\u003cbr>\n1 teaspoon sea salt\u003cbr>\n1/2 cup vegan margarine\u003cbr>\n1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg\u003cbr>\n1/2 cup fresh sage leaves\u003cbr>\n1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper, plus extra for serving\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Preheat the oven to 425 degrees.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pierce sweet potatoes with a fork, place in a baking pan, and bake until fully cooked, about 45 to 60 minutes. Remove from oven and let sit until cool enough to handle. Using a sharp knife, cut the potatoes in half lengthwise. Using a large spoon, scoop the flesh out of each sweet potato into a medium bowl. Thoroughly mash the sweet potatoes while they are still warm, then set aside or refrigerate to cool completely. Add salt, nutmeg, and pepper to the sweet potatoes. Add flour, 1/2 cup at a time, mixing well with a spoon to combine. Once a soft, slightly sticky, dough has formed, divide it into six portions. Generously flour the work surface and your hands. Roll each portion of dough into ropes about 1/2 inch in diameter. Each rope will be approximately 7 to 9 inches long. Dip a sharp knife in flour and cut each rope into 1-inch long pillows. If desired, roll each pillow on fork tines to make decorative ridges.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fill a medium saucepan with heavily salted water and bring it to a boil. 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"content": "\u003cp>Once upon a time, two childhood friends drove a Volkswagen bus across the country to Berkeley. \u003ca href=\"http://www.cowgirlcreamery.com/bios.asp#susan\">Sue Conley\u003c/a> opened \u003ca href=\"http://www.bettesdiner.com/\">Bette's Ocean Diner\u003c/a> in Berkeley and worked at Betty's and \u003ca href=\"http://www.cowgirlcreamery.com/bios.asp#peggy\">Peggy Smith\u003c/a> cooked at \u003ca href=\"http://www.chezpanisse.com/\">Chez Panisse\u003c/a> for 17 years. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After some decades of culinary success, the two were ready for a new challenge. Their concept was essentially a marketing vehicle for local organic farms like \u003ca href=\"http://www.strausfamilycreamery.com/\">Straus Family Creamery\u003c/a> which was the first organic dairy farm west of the Mississippi. One of them fell in love with the Point Reyes National Park, and the other fell in love with a park ranger. \u003ca href=\"http://www.cowgirlcreamery.com/wholesale.asp\">Tomales Bay Foods\u003c/a> was founded in 1993.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/02/Tomales-Bay-Foods_560.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/02/Tomales-Bay-Foods_560.jpg\" alt=\"Tomales Bay Foods\" title=\"Tomales Bay Foods\" width=\"560\" height=\"420\" class=\"size-full wp-image-39332\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Tomales Bay Foods\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The vision for Tomales Bay Foods was a place where people could come and buy and eat local products grown and made in West Marin. Sue dreamt of a European-style cheese counter, something that didn't quite exist even in the food-forward Bay Area at that time. Four years later an old hay barn was renovated into the market that we know today, housing the cheesemaking facility, an organic produce stand, a natural-fabric clothing shop, an artisan cheese counter and a deli. Eventually, Sue and Peggy tried their hands at making some \u003ca href=\"http://www.cowgirlcreamery.com/cheeses.asp\">simple fresh cheeses\u003c/a>--all of which I was lucky enough to taste on \u003ca href=\"http://www.cowgirlcreamery.com/tours.asp\">a tour\u003c/a> with some chef and wine industry friends at \u003ca href=\"http://www.cowgirlcreamery.com/\">Cowgirl Creamery\u003c/a>. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/02/creme-fraiche560.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/02/creme-fraiche560.jpg\" alt=\"creme fraiche\" title=\"creme fraiche\" width=\"560\" height=\"420\" class=\"size-full wp-image-39334\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Crème fraîche\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>The first tasting was crème fraîche:\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nCrème fraîche is made from a simple heavy cream with a little bifidus culture added to make it tangy. The cheese is made exclusively from Straus milk obtained from the original herd, something that is pretty hard to come by these days. The team at Cowgirl lovingly refers to it as their \"estate-bottled milk.\" What I didn't know about crème fraîche is that the older it gets, the better it is! Although a film may form on the top of the cheese, it can be removed and thrown out, and the crème fraîche underneath is improved by ageing. The budding novice cheesemaker can purchase their own heavy cream, add a little crème fraîche, and use it as a \"mother\" to create their own. At Cowgirl, the crème fraîche is the building block for all of their other fresh cheeses. I'd never thought of cheese as a \"live food before,\" but it's true: the lacto bifidus in many cheeses creates an ever-changing product that only improves with some age.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/02/fromage-blanc5602.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/02/fromage-blanc5602.jpg\" alt=\"Fromage Blanc\" title=\"Fromage Blanc\" width=\"560\" height=\"420\" class=\"size-full wp-image-39341\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Fromage Blanc\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Next on the tasting menu was fromage blanc:\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nThe second-to-simplest cheese made at Cowgirl, fromage blanc is made by heating milk, adding the culture (lactus bifidus) to create acids and coagulate the milk, and hanging the resulting cheesecloth overnight to drain out the whey. The resulting cream cheese is a crisp, clear, clean cream cheese without any cloying xanthan gum. It tastes absolutely unlike anything I've ever had on a bagel and I know I'll never be able to eat \u003ca href=\"http://www.kraftbrands.com/philly/Pages/default.aspx\">Philadelphia\u003c/a> again.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/02/clabbered-cottage400.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/02/clabbered-cottage400.jpg\" alt=\"Cheesemonger cottage\" title=\"Cheesemonger cottage\" width=\"400\" height=\"533\" class=\"size-full wp-image-39343\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Manager Michael Zilber discusses clabbered cottage cheese\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Then, it was time to try the clabbered cottage cheese:\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nThis cheese is the first one that Sue ever made, and we hear it's the one she's still most proud of. Traditionally, cottage cheese is made from the nonfat milk that's left over from the day's butter-making. The milk is turned into whey and mixed with fresh cream from the morning's milking, which is why cottage cheese is traditionally a breakfast cheese. This cheese has great acidity and texture, and we're told it can be substituted for ricotta in almost any recipe. This cheese won a blue ribbon from the American Cheese Society in 2005, making it ostensibly the best cottage cheese in the USA. \"What it comes down to is highlighting the high-quality milk,\" says our guide, cheesemonger/manager Michael Zilber, modestly. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>AGED CHEESES\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nAfter a year of making fresh cheeses, Sue decides to try her hand at making some aged cheeses. At the time, a Dutch dairy scientist was interning at Cowgirl. With his input, the creamery as it is today was designed, and Cowgirl made its first soft aged cheese: basically a creamy Gouda. Many tests-and-repeats later, Cowgirl is probably known best for its famous Mount Tam cheese.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Mount Tam:\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nWe learned that cheese ripens from the outside in, which can be noticed in the three different textures of the triangle of Mount Tam we were given to examine, sniff, and taste. The rind, which is made from candida mold that has broken down the milk and made a seal, is white and fluffy. Just inside the rind there's a ribbon of ripe cheese, and inside of that, the center of the cheese is a firm, bright white. \"To really dork out on soft cheeses,\" says our guide, \"first taste the center, and taste the ripe part of the cheese second. For the third nibble, taste the two parts together.\" All three bites had their own distinct flavors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/02/mount-tam5602.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/02/mount-tam5602.jpg\" alt=\"Mount Tam\" title=\"Mount Tam\" width=\"560\" height=\"420\" class=\"size-full wp-image-39351\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Three stages of ripeness in one slice of Mount Tam\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Also, says Zilber, \"anyone who says they are lactose-intolerant should be able to eat aged, soft cheeses.\" Why? \"The cultures added to the cheese eat all of the lactose after a few days of aging and turn it into lactic acid.\" Hence, the slightly acidic, citrusy tang we taste in a newer cheese. The mold feeds on that acid, sweetening the cheese. \"So a cheese's rind not only seals but sweetens the cheese.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Red Hawk:\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nThe next cheese we tasted was the Red Hawk, which is made similarly to the Mount Tam. After two weeks of aging, the fluffy candida mold is scrubbed off of the cheese and it's washed with salt water. (Some cheesemakers will wash the rinds with beer or wine at this stage of cheesemaking.) The saline prevents more white fluffy mold from growing and then nature takes over. \u003ca href=\"http://www.cheesemaking.com/store/p/134-Bacteria-Linens-Red-1-pack.html\">B. Linens\u003c/a> mold from the air grows on the cheeses giving them their nuttiness and a slight funk. B. Linens mold is a naturally-occurring mold in the air--it's what makes stinky cheeses like Limberger stinky. Red Hawk represents the terroir of West Marin--it cannot be made in Petaluma, because the air doesn't have the mold. It is a true American original: the only known washed-rind, triple-cream soft cheese in the world. Pair it with a true Sauternes or a hoppy IPA.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/02/red-hawk560.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/02/red-hawk560.jpg\" alt=\"Red Hawk\" title=\"Red Hawk\" width=\"560\" height=\"420\" class=\"size-full wp-image-39353\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Individual slices of the washed rind, triple-cream Red Hawk\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Devil's Gulch:\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nThis seasonal cheese is soft and aged, with a sweet and spicy pepper rind. Cowgirl's seasonal cheese is the same cheese year-round, with different herbs to finish the rind. The cheese itself is a washed rind, similar to the Red Hawk but the milk is from a Jersey cow farm. There is no cream added to the cheese because the fat content in Jersey cow milk is higher than that of Holstein cows, which is where the \"estate-bottled\" Straus milk comes from. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/02/devils-gulch560.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/02/devils-gulch560.jpg\" alt=\"Devils Gulch\" title=\"Devils Gulch\" width=\"560\" height=\"474\" class=\"size-full wp-image-39355\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Homegrown dried pepper rind on Devil's Gulch cheese\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Wagon Wheel:\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nAfter years of making fresh cheeses and soft aged cheeses, Cowgirl's cheesemakers wanted an \"everyday cheese that they could cook with,\" says Zilber. Wagon Wheel is their first hard-aged cheese. The process is the same as with an asiago, says Zilber. He's right that Wagon Wheel is a great melting cheese: we bought out Tomales Bay Foods' stock of \u003ca href=\"http://www.barbeclette.com/\">Barbaclette\u003c/a> and spent the rest of the afternoon melting it over the barbecues at the \u003ca href=\"http://www.hogislandoysters.com/farm/location\">Hog Island Oyster Company\u003c/a> for lunch. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/02/wagon-wheel560.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/02/wagon-wheel560.jpg\" alt=\"Wagon Wheel\" title=\"Wagon Wheel\" width=\"560\" height=\"420\" class=\"size-full wp-image-39357\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Cowgirl's first hard cheese awaits a melting\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/02/barbaclette560.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/02/barbaclette560.jpg\" alt=\"Barbaclette\" title=\"Barbaclette\" width=\"560\" height=\"262\" class=\"size-full wp-image-39359\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Cowgirl's Wagon Wheel melts on the grill\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.cowgirlcreamery.com/index.html\">Cowgirl Creamery\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\nCowgirl Creamery \u003ca href=\"http://www.cowgirlcreamery.com/tours.asp\">Tours\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\nFacebook: \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/CowgirlCreamery?ref=ts&sk=wall\">Cowgirl Creamery\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\nTwitter: \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/#!/cowgirlcreamery\">@cowgirlcreamery\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>The first tasting was crème fraîche:\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nCrème fraîche is made from a simple heavy cream with a little bifidus culture added to make it tangy. The cheese is made exclusively from Straus milk obtained from the original herd, something that is pretty hard to come by these days. The team at Cowgirl lovingly refers to it as their \"estate-bottled milk.\" What I didn't know about crème fraîche is that the older it gets, the better it is! Although a film may form on the top of the cheese, it can be removed and thrown out, and the crème fraîche underneath is improved by ageing. The budding novice cheesemaker can purchase their own heavy cream, add a little crème fraîche, and use it as a \"mother\" to create their own. At Cowgirl, the crème fraîche is the building block for all of their other fresh cheeses. I'd never thought of cheese as a \"live food before,\" but it's true: the lacto bifidus in many cheeses creates an ever-changing product that only improves with some age.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/02/fromage-blanc5602.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/02/fromage-blanc5602.jpg\" alt=\"Fromage Blanc\" title=\"Fromage Blanc\" width=\"560\" height=\"420\" class=\"size-full wp-image-39341\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Fromage Blanc\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Next on the tasting menu was fromage blanc:\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nThe second-to-simplest cheese made at Cowgirl, fromage blanc is made by heating milk, adding the culture (lactus bifidus) to create acids and coagulate the milk, and hanging the resulting cheesecloth overnight to drain out the whey. The resulting cream cheese is a crisp, clear, clean cream cheese without any cloying xanthan gum. It tastes absolutely unlike anything I've ever had on a bagel and I know I'll never be able to eat \u003ca href=\"http://www.kraftbrands.com/philly/Pages/default.aspx\">Philadelphia\u003c/a> again.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/02/clabbered-cottage400.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/02/clabbered-cottage400.jpg\" alt=\"Cheesemonger cottage\" title=\"Cheesemonger cottage\" width=\"400\" height=\"533\" class=\"size-full wp-image-39343\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Manager Michael Zilber discusses clabbered cottage cheese\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Then, it was time to try the clabbered cottage cheese:\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nThis cheese is the first one that Sue ever made, and we hear it's the one she's still most proud of. Traditionally, cottage cheese is made from the nonfat milk that's left over from the day's butter-making. The milk is turned into whey and mixed with fresh cream from the morning's milking, which is why cottage cheese is traditionally a breakfast cheese. This cheese has great acidity and texture, and we're told it can be substituted for ricotta in almost any recipe. This cheese won a blue ribbon from the American Cheese Society in 2005, making it ostensibly the best cottage cheese in the USA. \"What it comes down to is highlighting the high-quality milk,\" says our guide, cheesemonger/manager Michael Zilber, modestly. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>AGED CHEESES\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nAfter a year of making fresh cheeses, Sue decides to try her hand at making some aged cheeses. At the time, a Dutch dairy scientist was interning at Cowgirl. With his input, the creamery as it is today was designed, and Cowgirl made its first soft aged cheese: basically a creamy Gouda. Many tests-and-repeats later, Cowgirl is probably known best for its famous Mount Tam cheese.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Mount Tam:\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nWe learned that cheese ripens from the outside in, which can be noticed in the three different textures of the triangle of Mount Tam we were given to examine, sniff, and taste. The rind, which is made from candida mold that has broken down the milk and made a seal, is white and fluffy. Just inside the rind there's a ribbon of ripe cheese, and inside of that, the center of the cheese is a firm, bright white. \"To really dork out on soft cheeses,\" says our guide, \"first taste the center, and taste the ripe part of the cheese second. For the third nibble, taste the two parts together.\" All three bites had their own distinct flavors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/02/mount-tam5602.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/02/mount-tam5602.jpg\" alt=\"Mount Tam\" title=\"Mount Tam\" width=\"560\" height=\"420\" class=\"size-full wp-image-39351\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Three stages of ripeness in one slice of Mount Tam\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Also, says Zilber, \"anyone who says they are lactose-intolerant should be able to eat aged, soft cheeses.\" Why? \"The cultures added to the cheese eat all of the lactose after a few days of aging and turn it into lactic acid.\" Hence, the slightly acidic, citrusy tang we taste in a newer cheese. The mold feeds on that acid, sweetening the cheese. \"So a cheese's rind not only seals but sweetens the cheese.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Red Hawk:\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nThe next cheese we tasted was the Red Hawk, which is made similarly to the Mount Tam. After two weeks of aging, the fluffy candida mold is scrubbed off of the cheese and it's washed with salt water. (Some cheesemakers will wash the rinds with beer or wine at this stage of cheesemaking.) The saline prevents more white fluffy mold from growing and then nature takes over. \u003ca href=\"http://www.cheesemaking.com/store/p/134-Bacteria-Linens-Red-1-pack.html\">B. Linens\u003c/a> mold from the air grows on the cheeses giving them their nuttiness and a slight funk. B. Linens mold is a naturally-occurring mold in the air--it's what makes stinky cheeses like Limberger stinky. Red Hawk represents the terroir of West Marin--it cannot be made in Petaluma, because the air doesn't have the mold. It is a true American original: the only known washed-rind, triple-cream soft cheese in the world. Pair it with a true Sauternes or a hoppy IPA.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/02/red-hawk560.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/02/red-hawk560.jpg\" alt=\"Red Hawk\" title=\"Red Hawk\" width=\"560\" height=\"420\" class=\"size-full wp-image-39353\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Individual slices of the washed rind, triple-cream Red Hawk\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Devil's Gulch:\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nThis seasonal cheese is soft and aged, with a sweet and spicy pepper rind. Cowgirl's seasonal cheese is the same cheese year-round, with different herbs to finish the rind. The cheese itself is a washed rind, similar to the Red Hawk but the milk is from a Jersey cow farm. There is no cream added to the cheese because the fat content in Jersey cow milk is higher than that of Holstein cows, which is where the \"estate-bottled\" Straus milk comes from. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/02/devils-gulch560.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/02/devils-gulch560.jpg\" alt=\"Devils Gulch\" title=\"Devils Gulch\" width=\"560\" height=\"474\" class=\"size-full wp-image-39355\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Homegrown dried pepper rind on Devil's Gulch cheese\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Wagon Wheel:\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nAfter years of making fresh cheeses and soft aged cheeses, Cowgirl's cheesemakers wanted an \"everyday cheese that they could cook with,\" says Zilber. Wagon Wheel is their first hard-aged cheese. The process is the same as with an asiago, says Zilber. He's right that Wagon Wheel is a great melting cheese: we bought out Tomales Bay Foods' stock of \u003ca href=\"http://www.barbeclette.com/\">Barbaclette\u003c/a> and spent the rest of the afternoon melting it over the barbecues at the \u003ca href=\"http://www.hogislandoysters.com/farm/location\">Hog Island Oyster Company\u003c/a> for lunch. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/02/wagon-wheel560.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/02/wagon-wheel560.jpg\" alt=\"Wagon Wheel\" title=\"Wagon Wheel\" width=\"560\" height=\"420\" class=\"size-full wp-image-39357\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Cowgirl's first hard cheese awaits a melting\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/02/barbaclette560.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/02/barbaclette560.jpg\" alt=\"Barbaclette\" title=\"Barbaclette\" width=\"560\" height=\"262\" class=\"size-full wp-image-39359\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Cowgirl's Wagon Wheel melts on the grill\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/02/rancho.la_.puerta.560.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/02/rancho.la_.puerta.560.jpg\" alt=\"Snapshots from the fitness and spa resort Rancho La Puerta Photo: Courtesy of Rancho La Puerta\" title=\"Snapshots from the fitness and spa resort Rancho La Puerta Photo: Courtesy of Rancho La Puerta\" width=\"560\" height=\"196\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-39220\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Snapshots from the fitness and spa resort Rancho La Puerta Photo: Courtesy of Rancho La Puerta\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Who knew that butternut squash could add a delectable richness to Mexican hot chocolate or that pureed peas could lighten up guacamole?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These secret ingredients are just a couple of the colorful accent flavors gleaned from a week at \u003ca href=\"http://www.rancholapuerta.com/\">Rancho La Puerta\u003c/a>, a beloved fitness resort with a loyal following, just across the U.S. border in Tecate, Baja California, Mexico. The resort frequently \u003ca href=\"http://www.travelandleisure.com/worldsbest/2011/spas/destination-spas/265\">garners honors\u003c/a> from those on the spa circuit, who flock to this rustic-meets-luxury destination in droves.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And what's not to like? A 3,000-acre, carefully-landscaped campus that pays homage to the area the resort calls home: Mexican-Colonial-inspired buildings, brick paths, and vibrant ceramic tiles. Guest can partake in early hikes up Mount Kuchumaa, hourly exercise classes, afternoon creative pursuits, elegantly-prepared food with a plant-based focus, culturally relevant cooking classes, an off-the-hook organic garden tended to by a plant poet, and still have plenty of time and space for quiet, reflection, and pampering.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/02/rancho.la_.puerta.morning.hike560.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/02/rancho.la_.puerta.morning.hike560.jpg\" alt=\"Morning mountain walks make for a healthy breakfast appetite. Photo: Courtesy of Rancho La Puerta\" title=\"Morning mountain walks make for a healthy breakfast appetite. Photo: Courtesy of Rancho La Puerta\" width=\"560\" height=\"196\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-39217\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Morning mountain walks make for a healthy breakfast appetite. Photo: Courtesy of Rancho La Puerta\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The place is misnamed, perhaps: Given its emphasis on mind, body, and soul it might best be called a holistic wellness center. No matter what you call it, the ranch -- as regulars have dubbed it -- offers all comers the opportunity to find their bliss. As you might expect, it is a popular vacation pick among Bay Area vacation-goers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For a price. A stay at the resort will set paying guests back $3,000-$4,750 a week, depending on type of accommodations and time of year. That's a far cry from when the ranch opened in 1940 and guests spent $17.50 a week for the privilege of pitching a tent by the river to enjoy nature, eat well, and contemplate the meaning of life. (Full disclosure: This writer attended the resort as a guest of \u003ca href=\"http://www.romneysteele.com/\">Romney Steele\u003c/a>, author of \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"http://mynepenthebook.com/my-book/\">My Nepenthe\u003c/a>\u003c/em> and \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/2011/07/13/plum-gorgeous/\">Plum Gorgeous\u003c/a>\u003c/em>, who served as the ranch's guest chef instructor for the week.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Back in the beginning the ranch went by a different name, and was then run by 34-year-old Edmond Szekeley, a Hungarian Jew and philosopher seeking refuge across the border, and his 18-year-old bride \u003ca href=\"http://www.rancholapuerta.com/home/history-vision/deborahs-life.html\">Deborah\u003c/a>. It was dubbed a cult by a visiting reporter. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A long-time guest -- some devotees have been dozens and dozens of times -- told this writer that it went through a hippie phase in the 1960s and 70s (think lentil loaf), and may have had a fat farm vibe at one time (weigh ins and that sort of thing) before settling comfortably into its current incarnation as a kind of year-round camp for active, well-to-do grown-ups who watch what they eat. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>(It's also a popular stop on the guest cheffing circuit for Bay Area-based food folks like \u003ca href=\"http://www.peggyknickerbocker.com/\">Peggy Knickerbocker\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"http://www.tanyaholland.com/\">Tanya Holland\u003c/a>. Other locals recently spotted at the ranch offering expert instruction include writing coach \u003ca href=\"http://www.diannej.com/\">Dianne Jacob\u003c/a> and life coach \u003ca href=\"http://coachemily.com/\">Emily Boorstein Wikman\u003c/a>.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As for that teenage bride? She went on to make a name for herself in the spa and fitness world, government service, and philanthropic circles, turns 90 in May, kept the ranch in the family, and serves as role model for aging with purpose, pleasure, and grace.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Today, the ranch is a place where people can choose exercise classes like pilates, yoga, and water workouts. It also features alternative healing treatments including the hydro therapy watsu, craniosacral massage, and the subtle movement practice known as feldenkrais. (The latter prompted perhaps the most hilarious line of the week: When asked by the feldenkrais practitioner to note any physical changes after practicing the method one wag responded: \"I think my shoes changed color.\") \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There's also tennis, volleyball, dance, gym circuit classes, along with art instruction, life coaching, reflective practices such as meditation, nutrition lectures, entertainment in the evening, and oh, spa treatments, of course.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In short, you can knock yourself out burning calories every hour on the hour or you can hide out in a hammock or loll in lounge chairs at one of the many pools and not lift a finger. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/02/rancho.la_.puerta.dining.crew_.harty560.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/02/rancho.la_.puerta.dining.crew_.harty560.jpg\" alt=\"The dining room chef and his kitchen crew at Rancho La Puerta. Photo: Lynne Harty\" title=\"The dining room chef and his kitchen crew at Rancho La Puerta. Photo: Lynne Harty\" width=\"560\" height=\"384\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-39221\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>The dining room chef and his kitchen crew at Rancho La Puerta. Photo: \u003ca href=\"http://www.lynneharty.com/\">Lynne Harty\u003c/a>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For the active guest, all that exercise makes for a hearty appetite. The majority of the ranch's cuisine, a mix of Mediterranean and Mexican influences, comes courtesy of the organically grown fruits and vegetable from the on-site garden. Largely vegetarian in nature with some seafood offerings, the ranch caters to vegans and the gluten-free too. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The operating premise in the kitchen: low-fat, high-flavor, whole grain, lean protein, and modest portions, which prompted this writer, on the go six hours or more a day, to repeatedly ask for seconds (graciously accommodated with no raised eyebrows or judgments attached). \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There are nods to health food trends -- chia seed, nutritional yeast, and flax seed are served up in small bowls for those who like to consume -- but it's essentially homegrown food simply and well prepared with generous use of herbs and aromatics to satisfy discerning palates.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Highlights from the Dining Room menu include nods to the region, such as Braised Fish Taco with Cabbage Slaw and Pico De Gallo, Roasted Nopalitos Salad with Panela Cheese and Cilantro Vinaigrette, Chiles Rellenos with Green Pasilla Rice and Chayote Gratin with Black Lentils. But any of the sauteed, roasted, braised garden greens and root vegetables made this eater happy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Desserts seem a bit of an afterthought -- with the exception of the Flan de la Casa with Seasonal Fruit Compote, a smooth dark chocolate treat -- but it's hard to feel deprived here when the food is so satisfying and filling.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/02/denise.roa_.lynne_.harty_.560.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/02/denise.roa_.lynne_.harty_.560.jpg\" alt=\"La Cocina que Conta chef Denise Roa in the ranch's organic garden. Photo: Lynne Harty\" title=\"La Cocina que Conta chef Denise Roa in the ranch's organic garden. Photo: Lynne Harty\" width=\"560\" height=\"372\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-39218\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>La Cocina que Conta chef Denise Roa in the ranch's organic garden. Photo: Lynne Harty\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Each week ranch guests have the option of walking over to the resort's organic garden, a farm really, for a tour and breakfast cooked by the culinary school crew. Once there, it's hard not to be enchanted by the enthusiasm for all things edible of the chief horticulturist, Salvador Tinnajero, who has tended the farm for more than two decades. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tinnajero constantly picks produce and encourages guests to take a bite, sniffs soil as he runs it through his palms, talks philosophically about the need to share the land with critters, while figuring out tricks that prevent them from eating too many of his crops. A man of the land who firmly believes edibles have personalities, one guest dubbed him the plant whisperer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The garden is next to the ranch's cooking school and culinary center, Lo Cocina que Canta (\"The Kitchen That Sings\"), where new executive chef Denise Roa, a Mexican-American restauranteur, shares her culture and cuisine with guests. It's also where guest chefs like Steele conduct cooking classes in a beautifully-appointed kitchen. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/02/nani.gabriela.harty560.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/02/nani.gabriela.harty560.jpg\" alt=\"Romney Steele and cooking school chef Gabriela Lopez Alvarez survey the results of students work. Photo: Lynne Harty\" title=\"Romney Steele and cooking school chef Gabriela Lopez Alvarez survey the results of students work. Photo: Lynne Harty\" width=\"560\" height=\"414\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-39219\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Romney Steele and cooking school chef Gabriela Lopez Alvarez survey the results of students work. Photo: Lynne Harty\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Steele's sold-out Thursday evening class last week featured foods mostly foraged from the garden -- including whole roasted baby beets, roots and all -- along with local dairy and seafood. A spontaneous cook, Steele and the kitchen team candied hibiscus to serve with a Buttermilk Panna Cotta. Ranch-grown kumquats brightened a whole-grain dish, cauliflower, small and sweet enough to eat raw, was only enhanced by roasting with cumin, and tossing with cilantro and pomegranate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The place's magic seems to work. During the course of the week this reporter witnessed guests slowing down, trying new things, reaching beyond their comfort zone, vowing to make changes back home, and reflecting on or healing emotional wounds. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Those secrets, however, stay at the ranch.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The secret ingredients in the spa's legendary guacamole recipe? That this writer can share.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/02/rancho.la_.puerta.guacamole1.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/02/rancho.la_.puerta.guacamole1.jpg\" alt=\"Aztec Gaucamole is a big hit at the ranch. Photo: Courtesy Rancho La Puerta\" title=\"Aztec Gaucamole is a big hit at the ranch. Photo: Courtesy Rancho La Puerta\" width=\"399\" height=\"400\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-39222\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Aztec Gaucamole is a big hit at the ranch. Photo: Courtesy Rancho La Puerta\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Aztec Guacamole\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>From \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"http://www.amazon.com/Cooking-Seasons-Rancho-Puerta-World-Famous/dp/1584797096\">Cooking with the Seasons at Rancho La Puerta\u003c/a>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>(Ranch regulars have come to expect the spa's signature guacamole, which is dished up early on in the week at a soiree in the main lounge.)\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>*** Makes 2 cups ***\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Perhaps the Ranch's most popular recipe, the addition of green peas to the avocado-based dip boosts the nutritional value of the guacamole and reduces the fat content. Good with tacos or an assortment of crunchy, raw vegetables.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ingredients:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>1 cup of frozen peas, slightly thawed\u003cbr>\n1 medium hass avocado, peeled and pitted\u003cbr>\n2 tablespoons fresh lime or lemon juice, to taste\u003cbr>\n1 medium tomato, seeded and cut into 1/4-inch dice\u003cbr>\n1 jalapeno or serrano chile, seeded and minced\u003cbr>\n3 tablespoons chopped fresh cilantro\u003cbr>\n1 teaspoon minced fresh garlic\u003cbr>\n1/2 teaspoon sea salt\u003cbr>\n1/4 teaspoon fresh ground black pepper\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Instructions:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>1. In a blender or in the bowl of a food processor, process the peas until smooth.\u003cbr>\n2. In a medium bowl, mash avocado with a fork or potato masher.\u003cbr>\n3. Add the juice, tomato, onion, jalapeno, cilantro, garlic, salt and pepper.\u003cbr>\n4. Add the peas and mix well.\u003cbr>\n5. Press a piece of plastic wrap directly on the surface of the guacamole to prevent browning, if the dish won't be served immediately.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Variation:\u003c/strong> Use 1 cup of well-cooked broccoli, edamame, or cooked asparagus tips instead of peas.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The place is misnamed, perhaps: Given its emphasis on mind, body, and soul it might best be called a holistic wellness center. No matter what you call it, the ranch -- as regulars have dubbed it -- offers all comers the opportunity to find their bliss. As you might expect, it is a popular vacation pick among Bay Area vacation-goers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For a price. A stay at the resort will set paying guests back $3,000-$4,750 a week, depending on type of accommodations and time of year. That's a far cry from when the ranch opened in 1940 and guests spent $17.50 a week for the privilege of pitching a tent by the river to enjoy nature, eat well, and contemplate the meaning of life. (Full disclosure: This writer attended the resort as a guest of \u003ca href=\"http://www.romneysteele.com/\">Romney Steele\u003c/a>, author of \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"http://mynepenthebook.com/my-book/\">My Nepenthe\u003c/a>\u003c/em> and \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/2011/07/13/plum-gorgeous/\">Plum Gorgeous\u003c/a>\u003c/em>, who served as the ranch's guest chef instructor for the week.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Back in the beginning the ranch went by a different name, and was then run by 34-year-old Edmond Szekeley, a Hungarian Jew and philosopher seeking refuge across the border, and his 18-year-old bride \u003ca href=\"http://www.rancholapuerta.com/home/history-vision/deborahs-life.html\">Deborah\u003c/a>. It was dubbed a cult by a visiting reporter. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A long-time guest -- some devotees have been dozens and dozens of times -- told this writer that it went through a hippie phase in the 1960s and 70s (think lentil loaf), and may have had a fat farm vibe at one time (weigh ins and that sort of thing) before settling comfortably into its current incarnation as a kind of year-round camp for active, well-to-do grown-ups who watch what they eat. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>(It's also a popular stop on the guest cheffing circuit for Bay Area-based food folks like \u003ca href=\"http://www.peggyknickerbocker.com/\">Peggy Knickerbocker\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"http://www.tanyaholland.com/\">Tanya Holland\u003c/a>. Other locals recently spotted at the ranch offering expert instruction include writing coach \u003ca href=\"http://www.diannej.com/\">Dianne Jacob\u003c/a> and life coach \u003ca href=\"http://coachemily.com/\">Emily Boorstein Wikman\u003c/a>.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As for that teenage bride? She went on to make a name for herself in the spa and fitness world, government service, and philanthropic circles, turns 90 in May, kept the ranch in the family, and serves as role model for aging with purpose, pleasure, and grace.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Today, the ranch is a place where people can choose exercise classes like pilates, yoga, and water workouts. It also features alternative healing treatments including the hydro therapy watsu, craniosacral massage, and the subtle movement practice known as feldenkrais. (The latter prompted perhaps the most hilarious line of the week: When asked by the feldenkrais practitioner to note any physical changes after practicing the method one wag responded: \"I think my shoes changed color.\") \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There's also tennis, volleyball, dance, gym circuit classes, along with art instruction, life coaching, reflective practices such as meditation, nutrition lectures, entertainment in the evening, and oh, spa treatments, of course.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In short, you can knock yourself out burning calories every hour on the hour or you can hide out in a hammock or loll in lounge chairs at one of the many pools and not lift a finger. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/02/rancho.la_.puerta.dining.crew_.harty560.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/02/rancho.la_.puerta.dining.crew_.harty560.jpg\" alt=\"The dining room chef and his kitchen crew at Rancho La Puerta. Photo: Lynne Harty\" title=\"The dining room chef and his kitchen crew at Rancho La Puerta. Photo: Lynne Harty\" width=\"560\" height=\"384\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-39221\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>The dining room chef and his kitchen crew at Rancho La Puerta. Photo: \u003ca href=\"http://www.lynneharty.com/\">Lynne Harty\u003c/a>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For the active guest, all that exercise makes for a hearty appetite. The majority of the ranch's cuisine, a mix of Mediterranean and Mexican influences, comes courtesy of the organically grown fruits and vegetable from the on-site garden. Largely vegetarian in nature with some seafood offerings, the ranch caters to vegans and the gluten-free too. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The operating premise in the kitchen: low-fat, high-flavor, whole grain, lean protein, and modest portions, which prompted this writer, on the go six hours or more a day, to repeatedly ask for seconds (graciously accommodated with no raised eyebrows or judgments attached). \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There are nods to health food trends -- chia seed, nutritional yeast, and flax seed are served up in small bowls for those who like to consume -- but it's essentially homegrown food simply and well prepared with generous use of herbs and aromatics to satisfy discerning palates.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Highlights from the Dining Room menu include nods to the region, such as Braised Fish Taco with Cabbage Slaw and Pico De Gallo, Roasted Nopalitos Salad with Panela Cheese and Cilantro Vinaigrette, Chiles Rellenos with Green Pasilla Rice and Chayote Gratin with Black Lentils. But any of the sauteed, roasted, braised garden greens and root vegetables made this eater happy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Desserts seem a bit of an afterthought -- with the exception of the Flan de la Casa with Seasonal Fruit Compote, a smooth dark chocolate treat -- but it's hard to feel deprived here when the food is so satisfying and filling.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/02/denise.roa_.lynne_.harty_.560.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/02/denise.roa_.lynne_.harty_.560.jpg\" alt=\"La Cocina que Conta chef Denise Roa in the ranch's organic garden. Photo: Lynne Harty\" title=\"La Cocina que Conta chef Denise Roa in the ranch's organic garden. Photo: Lynne Harty\" width=\"560\" height=\"372\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-39218\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>La Cocina que Conta chef Denise Roa in the ranch's organic garden. Photo: Lynne Harty\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Each week ranch guests have the option of walking over to the resort's organic garden, a farm really, for a tour and breakfast cooked by the culinary school crew. Once there, it's hard not to be enchanted by the enthusiasm for all things edible of the chief horticulturist, Salvador Tinnajero, who has tended the farm for more than two decades. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tinnajero constantly picks produce and encourages guests to take a bite, sniffs soil as he runs it through his palms, talks philosophically about the need to share the land with critters, while figuring out tricks that prevent them from eating too many of his crops. A man of the land who firmly believes edibles have personalities, one guest dubbed him the plant whisperer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The garden is next to the ranch's cooking school and culinary center, Lo Cocina que Canta (\"The Kitchen That Sings\"), where new executive chef Denise Roa, a Mexican-American restauranteur, shares her culture and cuisine with guests. It's also where guest chefs like Steele conduct cooking classes in a beautifully-appointed kitchen. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/02/nani.gabriela.harty560.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/02/nani.gabriela.harty560.jpg\" alt=\"Romney Steele and cooking school chef Gabriela Lopez Alvarez survey the results of students work. Photo: Lynne Harty\" title=\"Romney Steele and cooking school chef Gabriela Lopez Alvarez survey the results of students work. Photo: Lynne Harty\" width=\"560\" height=\"414\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-39219\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Romney Steele and cooking school chef Gabriela Lopez Alvarez survey the results of students work. Photo: Lynne Harty\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Steele's sold-out Thursday evening class last week featured foods mostly foraged from the garden -- including whole roasted baby beets, roots and all -- along with local dairy and seafood. A spontaneous cook, Steele and the kitchen team candied hibiscus to serve with a Buttermilk Panna Cotta. Ranch-grown kumquats brightened a whole-grain dish, cauliflower, small and sweet enough to eat raw, was only enhanced by roasting with cumin, and tossing with cilantro and pomegranate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The place's magic seems to work. During the course of the week this reporter witnessed guests slowing down, trying new things, reaching beyond their comfort zone, vowing to make changes back home, and reflecting on or healing emotional wounds. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Those secrets, however, stay at the ranch.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The secret ingredients in the spa's legendary guacamole recipe? That this writer can share.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/02/rancho.la_.puerta.guacamole1.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/02/rancho.la_.puerta.guacamole1.jpg\" alt=\"Aztec Gaucamole is a big hit at the ranch. Photo: Courtesy Rancho La Puerta\" title=\"Aztec Gaucamole is a big hit at the ranch. Photo: Courtesy Rancho La Puerta\" width=\"399\" height=\"400\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-39222\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Aztec Gaucamole is a big hit at the ranch. Photo: Courtesy Rancho La Puerta\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Aztec Guacamole\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>From \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"http://www.amazon.com/Cooking-Seasons-Rancho-Puerta-World-Famous/dp/1584797096\">Cooking with the Seasons at Rancho La Puerta\u003c/a>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>(Ranch regulars have come to expect the spa's signature guacamole, which is dished up early on in the week at a soiree in the main lounge.)\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>*** Makes 2 cups ***\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Perhaps the Ranch's most popular recipe, the addition of green peas to the avocado-based dip boosts the nutritional value of the guacamole and reduces the fat content. Good with tacos or an assortment of crunchy, raw vegetables.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ingredients:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>1 cup of frozen peas, slightly thawed\u003cbr>\n1 medium hass avocado, peeled and pitted\u003cbr>\n2 tablespoons fresh lime or lemon juice, to taste\u003cbr>\n1 medium tomato, seeded and cut into 1/4-inch dice\u003cbr>\n1 jalapeno or serrano chile, seeded and minced\u003cbr>\n3 tablespoons chopped fresh cilantro\u003cbr>\n1 teaspoon minced fresh garlic\u003cbr>\n1/2 teaspoon sea salt\u003cbr>\n1/4 teaspoon fresh ground black pepper\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Instructions:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>1. In a blender or in the bowl of a food processor, process the peas until smooth.\u003cbr>\n2. In a medium bowl, mash avocado with a fork or potato masher.\u003cbr>\n3. Add the juice, tomato, onion, jalapeno, cilantro, garlic, salt and pepper.\u003cbr>\n4. Add the peas and mix well.\u003cbr>\n5. Press a piece of plastic wrap directly on the surface of the guacamole to prevent browning, if the dish won't be served immediately.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>Video filmed and Edited by Kim Aronson\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cultural misunderstandings always grab my attention—especially when food is involved. So I was hooked the moment I read this recent headline:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/norway-authorities-take-away-indian-couple-s-kids-say-feeding-with-hands-wrong-167660\">Norway authorities take away Indian couple's kids, say feeding with hands wrong\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Although the details of this ongoing story have yet to be fully revealed, it spotlights cultural stereotypes often associated with dining etiquette. While North Americans and Northern Europeans deem that transferring edibles to the mouth with a metal-pronged stick is somehow more refined than using the utensils we were born with, members of the many cultures who have been eating with their hands for thousands of years beg to differ.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/02/Tajik-Kurutob-by-Zlerman-wikimedia-commons.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/02/Tajik-Kurutob-by-Zlerman-wikimedia-commons.jpg\" alt=\"Tajik Kurutob - by Zlerman - wikimedia commons\" title=\"Tajik Kurutob - by Zlerman - wikimedia commons\" width=\"560\" height=\"420\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-39183\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Tajik Kurutob-photo courtesy Zlerman-Wikimedia Commons\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Africans, Arabs and Indians (to name only a few) describe in rhapsodic terms the advantages of eating with their fingers: the sensuous connection to the food, the feeling of sharing and community, practicality (in that it’s easier to pluck that last bit of meat off the bones) avoiding waste, even a lingering aroma on the fingers to sustain the memory of a marvelous meal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After reading scores of impassioned comments that the above mentioned article garnered, I felt compelled to conduct my own interviews to get a first-hand perspective on this cultural divide, followed by a hands-on lesson (see video clip below.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/02/Vijitha-spicesnaroma.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/02/Vijitha-spicesnaroma.jpg\" alt=\"Vijitha - spicesnaroma\" title=\"Vijitha - spicesnaroma\" width=\"560\" height=\"365\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-39180\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>photos courtesy of Vijitha Shyam of Indian food blog \u003ca href=\"http://spicesnaroma.blogspot.com/\">Spices and Aroma\u003c/a>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://culinarysmart.wordpress.com/about/\">Vinita Chopra Jacinto\u003c/a> grew up in Northern India and is now a chef instructor at the California Culinary Academy in San Francisco. She feels strongly that Indian food tastes best when eaten with one’s fingers. She tells me that Indians eat with their hands because they believe that food is, “more than just protein, carbs and fat it nourishes the mind, intellect and spirit. Eating should be sensual and mindful, employing all the senses: sight, smell, sound, taste and touch. Using your hands gives you a tactile connection with your food.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jacinto clarifies some regional differences, “In the North, where breads are commonly consumed, you tear a piece of bread and wrap it around your food. While, in the South, rice is combined with curries, and each mouthful offers a unique blend of flavors. Traditionally in Southern India, plates are made of disposable, recyclable, banana leaves. Using a knife and fork on a banana leaf would shred your plate.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Significantly, all cultures that shun silverware maintain a set of rules for eating with the hands. Before the meal, the hands must be washed, wiped or even rubbed with sand, as desert Arabs do. But the foremost rule is that only the right hand is employed for eating.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The left hand is never used for that,” Jacinto says, “It is considered unclean.” In principle, at least, this is because the left hand is saved for bodily cleaning. Another taboo Jacinto cautions against is \u003cem>jutha\u003c/em>, or double dipping your bread into a communal dish of food.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The secret to gracefully eating with your fingers,” Jacinto advises, “is to use your thumb. For example, a small amount of rice is formed into a little pile on your plate, blended with one or more bits of curried lentils, vegetables, meat or fish, and then picked up with a twist of the wrist, held onto by the fingers and maneuvered right up to your mouth. But don’t put your fingers into your mouth.” she instructs, “Just use your thumb to push the food inside.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fharzana Elankumaran, founder of \u003ca href=\"http://iheartcurry.com/\">I Heart Curry\u003c/a>, where she teaches Indian cooking classes, also grew up eating with her hands in Bangladesh. “I appreciate this way of eating because you have more control over your food,“ she says. “For example, if you’re eating fish or chicken, you don’t have to worry about cutting with a knife around the bones. When you use your fingers, you can get every last bit of meat and so waste less. It’s an expression of the great respect we have for the food.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In her Indian cooking classes, Elankumaran encourages students to eat with their hands, but finds that it may be a challenge for first-timers. “ Sometimes my students tell me their hands get tired, because they are using a whole new set of muscles.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/02/rassam.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-39140\" title=\"rassam sharif\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/02/rassam.jpg\" alt=\"rassam sharif\" width=\"560\" height=\"501\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Yemeni dish at Oasis Market and Restaurant\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On a shopping trip to Oakland’s \u003ca href=\"http://www.yelp.com/biz/oasis-food-market-oakland\">Oasis Market and Restaurant\u003c/a>, I spy manager Rassam Sharif eating his lunch by hand. It’s a Yemeni specialty, \u003cem>fahsa\u003c/em> (cooked boneless beef topped with whipped fenugreek, with a salsa-like sauce). Sharif kindly demonstrates his technique: he tears off a bit of tandoori bread, dips it into the meat and salsa, and brings it to his mouth with 3 fingers. Sharif prefers eating by hand because, he says, “You have more connection to your food. With a spoon, it’s just like shoveling something into your mouth to get full. In Islam, we are taught that the Prophet said to eat from your own side of the dish, slowly, with the right hand, just until you are not hungry. It makes you take your time and be mindful of what you’re eating.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Enough talk, I decide, it’s time for me to get some hands-on tutoring.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Luckily, my request for cross-cultural dining instruction interests Mostafa Raiss El Fenni, owner of Berkeley’s \u003ca href=\"http://www.saharaimport.com/\">Sahara Home Décor\u003c/a>. He invites me to stay for lunch and we sit on intricately carved and painted chairs amid his stunning collection of Moroccan carpets, ottomans, embroidered textiles, brass lanterns, conical clay pots and delicate tea glasses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/02/mostafa-and-hand.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-39141\" title=\"mostafa and hand\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/02/mostafa-and-hand.jpg\" alt=\"mostafa and hand\" width=\"560\" height=\"334\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Mostafa Raiss El Fenni -- Moroccan food\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Raiss El Fenni, a former Cal student and chemist, whose shop promotes the works of artists from his homeland, tells me, “Eating with your hands is about sharing,” and as the youngest in a family of 12 children, he got a lot of practice doing that. There is an intimacy formed when you all eat from the same dish dipping in small pieces of bread, he explains. “ And if you find a piece of meat close to you that’s especially good, you can share it with your neighbor.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Does each person take the piece of meat and bread onto their own plate?” I ask.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We don’t have individual plates. We are a very collective society. But if we invite guests over who are not familiar with this way of eating, we show them how it’s done.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Watch my lesson in eating with the hands, Moroccan style:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the college dorm, it was a bit of culture shock for Raiss El Fenni that each student ate his own sandwich. “I couldn’t get used to eating by myself. So, I just waited with my food until they were done, and then said, “Hey, want to share? Eventually they got the idea and would offer to share some of their sandwiches with me too.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Raiss-El-Fenni also hosts Moroccan parties in colorful Berber tents set up outside his shop. Parties range from mint tea and pastries to an all-out catered feast with live music and belly dancers. And of course, he will encourage your guests to eat with their hands for the true Moroccan experience.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/02/Tanjia-collage.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-39136\" title=\"Tanjia \" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/02/Tanjia-collage.jpg\" alt=\"Tanjia\" width=\"560\" height=\"560\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Tanjia Moroccan Restaurant\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After my tasty lesson, I invite my husband out for a Moroccan meal and tell him I’ll show him how to eat with his hands, so we head over to \u003ca href=\"http://tanjiaoakland.com/\">Tanjia\u003c/a>, an Oakland Moroccan restaurant we haven’t yet tried.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We enter the lovely blue and red interior with low couches that let you sit close to your dining companion. But I am disappointed to see the tables set with forks and knives. When I tell the server we hoped to eat in Moroccan fashion, she gladly takes away the silverware and returns with a pot of water and washes our hands.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The first course is an assortment of delicately spiced salads: carrots, eggplant, cucumbers, tomato and bell pepper. Easy to scoop up with chunks of home baked bread. But with the arrival of the lamb and eggplant and chicken with honey and prunes, which are so meltingly tender you can tell they have cooked slowly for hours, my husband chickens-out of the hands-on approach and, to keep him company, I ask for two forks. It’s not so easy to change a lifetimes's eating habits.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Owner Jamal Zahid recently took over the restaurant from his brother, Said who started Tanjia in 2000. It has always been a “silverware optional restaurant” but seeing the reaction of a younger generation of customers not used to the traditional Moroccan way of dining sans utensils, Zahid decided-- as an act of hospitality to his guests-- to set the table with forks and knives, a reversal of his brother’s default setting. Personally, Zahid favors eating with the hands as a way to feel connected to the food and savor the meal slowly.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/02/ethiopian-dish.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-39137\" title=\"ethiopian dish - Cafe Colucci\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/02/ethiopian-dish.jpg\" alt=\"ethiopian dish - Cafe Colucci\" width=\"560\" height=\"350\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Ethiopian platter and injera - Cafe Colucci\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At Oakland’s \u003ca href=\"http://www.cafecolucci.com/\">Café Colucci Ethiopian restaurant\u003c/a>, by contrast, forks are nowhere in sight. Injera, the spongy, slightly sour, crepe-like bread made from the teff grain, functions as tablecloth, plate and utensil and the food is served family style, atop a large injera circle. “Eating is almost a sacred ritual,” says owner Fetlework Tefferi, whose award-winning restaurant just celebrated its 20th year. Besides the rules of hand washing and right hand only, she adds another from her native Ethiopia, “Once the tray of food is laid on the table, no one rises until all are done and the tray removed. We chew slowly, with closed mouths and a calm dignity. The food is sacred. It’s not polite to rush through your meal.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Again, eating with the hand is more than just a mechanism to get sustenance into the mouth. “On certain occasions,” explains Tefferi, “we feed each other by hand, it’s called \u003cem>goorsha\u003c/em> and it’s a loving act, an endearment. You might feed a child who is not eating enough or a guest you are entertaining. But if I were to make a bite for a man, “she chuckles,” I need to make sure it’s a big, well-packed roll of injera. I guess it’s a macho thing.” She adds, “We usually don’t eat alone. If you are in a restaurant in Ethiopia, for example, and the people at the next table get served first, they will probably ask you to join them or at least take a few bites with them. That kind of sharing is what holds us together.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/02/Fetlework-collage.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-39138\" title=\"Fetlework Tefferi\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/02/Fetlework-collage.jpg\" alt=\"Fetlework Tefferi\" width=\"560\" height=\"350\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tefferi demonstrates how to tear off a small square from the rolls of injera in the basket. She describes the technique as “wrap and roll.” You lay your piece of injera over some food and use all your fingers to gather up the filling and twist it into a little packed pouch, which you may dip into several different dishes on the tray. Our platter today has collard greens seasoned with black cumin, cabbage with carrots, potatoes with ginger, garlic and turmeric, lentils in red \u003cem>berbere\u003c/em> sauce, yellow split peas in turmeric sauce, Ethiopian cheese and kitfo, a highly seasoned raw meat dish.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/02/close-up-bite.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-39139\" title=\"close-up injera\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/02/close-up-bite.jpg\" alt=\"close-up injera\" width=\"400\" height=\"377\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Children are taught to make a bite of food that’s just big enough to fit in their mouth all at once, without stuffing their cheeks and to eat only with their right hands.” Tefferi remembers her mother training her left-handed brother by having him sit with his left hand behind his back.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“In the restaurant, we get 97% American diners. If they ask for silverware, I tell them it will be $10 extra,” teases Tefferi, with a twinkle in her eye, “ I just want them to try eating with their hands.” This gracious cultural ambassador wants to encourage more people to appreciate the 3000-year old cuisine of her homeland. “We need to revisit the way people used to eat; how much they cared and believed that whatever they put into their mouths was sacred,” says Tefferi. “The aroma is important too. Even after you wash up at the end of the meal, the scent of the food remains on your hand. Later, you might hold up your hand to someone else and say “Smell my hand, see how good the food was!”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>(It was and I did.)\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp> \"Eating with a fork and knife is like making love through an interpreter”\u003cbr>\n -- attributed variously to Prime Minister Nehru and the Shah of Iran\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cstrong>Related links:\u003c/strong>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2012/02/08/146583049/skip-the-spoon-babies-may-eat-better-when-they-feed-themselves?ft=1&f=1053\">A recent study\u003c/a> says babies may eat better when they feed themselves with their fingers\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Chad Ward’s pointed history of the fork on \u003ca href=\"http://leitesculinaria.com/1157/writings-the-uncommon-origins-of-the-common-fork.html\">Leite’s Culinaria\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/anthropology/utensil/index.html\">History of Eating Utensils\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Africans, Arabs and Indians (to name only a few) describe in rhapsodic terms the advantages of eating with their fingers: the sensuous connection to the food, the feeling of sharing and community, practicality (in that it’s easier to pluck that last bit of meat off the bones) avoiding waste, even a lingering aroma on the fingers to sustain the memory of a marvelous meal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After reading scores of impassioned comments that the above mentioned article garnered, I felt compelled to conduct my own interviews to get a first-hand perspective on this cultural divide, followed by a hands-on lesson (see video clip below.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/02/Vijitha-spicesnaroma.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/02/Vijitha-spicesnaroma.jpg\" alt=\"Vijitha - spicesnaroma\" title=\"Vijitha - spicesnaroma\" width=\"560\" height=\"365\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-39180\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>photos courtesy of Vijitha Shyam of Indian food blog \u003ca href=\"http://spicesnaroma.blogspot.com/\">Spices and Aroma\u003c/a>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://culinarysmart.wordpress.com/about/\">Vinita Chopra Jacinto\u003c/a> grew up in Northern India and is now a chef instructor at the California Culinary Academy in San Francisco. She feels strongly that Indian food tastes best when eaten with one’s fingers. She tells me that Indians eat with their hands because they believe that food is, “more than just protein, carbs and fat it nourishes the mind, intellect and spirit. Eating should be sensual and mindful, employing all the senses: sight, smell, sound, taste and touch. Using your hands gives you a tactile connection with your food.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jacinto clarifies some regional differences, “In the North, where breads are commonly consumed, you tear a piece of bread and wrap it around your food. While, in the South, rice is combined with curries, and each mouthful offers a unique blend of flavors. Traditionally in Southern India, plates are made of disposable, recyclable, banana leaves. Using a knife and fork on a banana leaf would shred your plate.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Significantly, all cultures that shun silverware maintain a set of rules for eating with the hands. Before the meal, the hands must be washed, wiped or even rubbed with sand, as desert Arabs do. But the foremost rule is that only the right hand is employed for eating.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The left hand is never used for that,” Jacinto says, “It is considered unclean.” In principle, at least, this is because the left hand is saved for bodily cleaning. Another taboo Jacinto cautions against is \u003cem>jutha\u003c/em>, or double dipping your bread into a communal dish of food.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The secret to gracefully eating with your fingers,” Jacinto advises, “is to use your thumb. For example, a small amount of rice is formed into a little pile on your plate, blended with one or more bits of curried lentils, vegetables, meat or fish, and then picked up with a twist of the wrist, held onto by the fingers and maneuvered right up to your mouth. But don’t put your fingers into your mouth.” she instructs, “Just use your thumb to push the food inside.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fharzana Elankumaran, founder of \u003ca href=\"http://iheartcurry.com/\">I Heart Curry\u003c/a>, where she teaches Indian cooking classes, also grew up eating with her hands in Bangladesh. “I appreciate this way of eating because you have more control over your food,“ she says. “For example, if you’re eating fish or chicken, you don’t have to worry about cutting with a knife around the bones. When you use your fingers, you can get every last bit of meat and so waste less. It’s an expression of the great respect we have for the food.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In her Indian cooking classes, Elankumaran encourages students to eat with their hands, but finds that it may be a challenge for first-timers. “ Sometimes my students tell me their hands get tired, because they are using a whole new set of muscles.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/02/rassam.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-39140\" title=\"rassam sharif\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/02/rassam.jpg\" alt=\"rassam sharif\" width=\"560\" height=\"501\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Yemeni dish at Oasis Market and Restaurant\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On a shopping trip to Oakland’s \u003ca href=\"http://www.yelp.com/biz/oasis-food-market-oakland\">Oasis Market and Restaurant\u003c/a>, I spy manager Rassam Sharif eating his lunch by hand. It’s a Yemeni specialty, \u003cem>fahsa\u003c/em> (cooked boneless beef topped with whipped fenugreek, with a salsa-like sauce). Sharif kindly demonstrates his technique: he tears off a bit of tandoori bread, dips it into the meat and salsa, and brings it to his mouth with 3 fingers. Sharif prefers eating by hand because, he says, “You have more connection to your food. With a spoon, it’s just like shoveling something into your mouth to get full. In Islam, we are taught that the Prophet said to eat from your own side of the dish, slowly, with the right hand, just until you are not hungry. It makes you take your time and be mindful of what you’re eating.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Enough talk, I decide, it’s time for me to get some hands-on tutoring.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Luckily, my request for cross-cultural dining instruction interests Mostafa Raiss El Fenni, owner of Berkeley’s \u003ca href=\"http://www.saharaimport.com/\">Sahara Home Décor\u003c/a>. He invites me to stay for lunch and we sit on intricately carved and painted chairs amid his stunning collection of Moroccan carpets, ottomans, embroidered textiles, brass lanterns, conical clay pots and delicate tea glasses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/02/mostafa-and-hand.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-39141\" title=\"mostafa and hand\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/02/mostafa-and-hand.jpg\" alt=\"mostafa and hand\" width=\"560\" height=\"334\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Mostafa Raiss El Fenni -- Moroccan food\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Raiss El Fenni, a former Cal student and chemist, whose shop promotes the works of artists from his homeland, tells me, “Eating with your hands is about sharing,” and as the youngest in a family of 12 children, he got a lot of practice doing that. There is an intimacy formed when you all eat from the same dish dipping in small pieces of bread, he explains. “ And if you find a piece of meat close to you that’s especially good, you can share it with your neighbor.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Does each person take the piece of meat and bread onto their own plate?” I ask.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We don’t have individual plates. We are a very collective society. But if we invite guests over who are not familiar with this way of eating, we show them how it’s done.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Watch my lesson in eating with the hands, Moroccan style:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the college dorm, it was a bit of culture shock for Raiss El Fenni that each student ate his own sandwich. “I couldn’t get used to eating by myself. So, I just waited with my food until they were done, and then said, “Hey, want to share? Eventually they got the idea and would offer to share some of their sandwiches with me too.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Raiss-El-Fenni also hosts Moroccan parties in colorful Berber tents set up outside his shop. Parties range from mint tea and pastries to an all-out catered feast with live music and belly dancers. And of course, he will encourage your guests to eat with their hands for the true Moroccan experience.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/02/Tanjia-collage.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-39136\" title=\"Tanjia \" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/02/Tanjia-collage.jpg\" alt=\"Tanjia\" width=\"560\" height=\"560\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Tanjia Moroccan Restaurant\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After my tasty lesson, I invite my husband out for a Moroccan meal and tell him I’ll show him how to eat with his hands, so we head over to \u003ca href=\"http://tanjiaoakland.com/\">Tanjia\u003c/a>, an Oakland Moroccan restaurant we haven’t yet tried.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We enter the lovely blue and red interior with low couches that let you sit close to your dining companion. But I am disappointed to see the tables set with forks and knives. When I tell the server we hoped to eat in Moroccan fashion, she gladly takes away the silverware and returns with a pot of water and washes our hands.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The first course is an assortment of delicately spiced salads: carrots, eggplant, cucumbers, tomato and bell pepper. Easy to scoop up with chunks of home baked bread. But with the arrival of the lamb and eggplant and chicken with honey and prunes, which are so meltingly tender you can tell they have cooked slowly for hours, my husband chickens-out of the hands-on approach and, to keep him company, I ask for two forks. It’s not so easy to change a lifetimes's eating habits.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Owner Jamal Zahid recently took over the restaurant from his brother, Said who started Tanjia in 2000. It has always been a “silverware optional restaurant” but seeing the reaction of a younger generation of customers not used to the traditional Moroccan way of dining sans utensils, Zahid decided-- as an act of hospitality to his guests-- to set the table with forks and knives, a reversal of his brother’s default setting. Personally, Zahid favors eating with the hands as a way to feel connected to the food and savor the meal slowly.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/02/ethiopian-dish.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-39137\" title=\"ethiopian dish - Cafe Colucci\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/02/ethiopian-dish.jpg\" alt=\"ethiopian dish - Cafe Colucci\" width=\"560\" height=\"350\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Ethiopian platter and injera - Cafe Colucci\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At Oakland’s \u003ca href=\"http://www.cafecolucci.com/\">Café Colucci Ethiopian restaurant\u003c/a>, by contrast, forks are nowhere in sight. Injera, the spongy, slightly sour, crepe-like bread made from the teff grain, functions as tablecloth, plate and utensil and the food is served family style, atop a large injera circle. “Eating is almost a sacred ritual,” says owner Fetlework Tefferi, whose award-winning restaurant just celebrated its 20th year. Besides the rules of hand washing and right hand only, she adds another from her native Ethiopia, “Once the tray of food is laid on the table, no one rises until all are done and the tray removed. We chew slowly, with closed mouths and a calm dignity. The food is sacred. It’s not polite to rush through your meal.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Again, eating with the hand is more than just a mechanism to get sustenance into the mouth. “On certain occasions,” explains Tefferi, “we feed each other by hand, it’s called \u003cem>goorsha\u003c/em> and it’s a loving act, an endearment. You might feed a child who is not eating enough or a guest you are entertaining. But if I were to make a bite for a man, “she chuckles,” I need to make sure it’s a big, well-packed roll of injera. I guess it’s a macho thing.” She adds, “We usually don’t eat alone. If you are in a restaurant in Ethiopia, for example, and the people at the next table get served first, they will probably ask you to join them or at least take a few bites with them. That kind of sharing is what holds us together.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/02/Fetlework-collage.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-39138\" title=\"Fetlework Tefferi\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/02/Fetlework-collage.jpg\" alt=\"Fetlework Tefferi\" width=\"560\" height=\"350\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tefferi demonstrates how to tear off a small square from the rolls of injera in the basket. She describes the technique as “wrap and roll.” You lay your piece of injera over some food and use all your fingers to gather up the filling and twist it into a little packed pouch, which you may dip into several different dishes on the tray. Our platter today has collard greens seasoned with black cumin, cabbage with carrots, potatoes with ginger, garlic and turmeric, lentils in red \u003cem>berbere\u003c/em> sauce, yellow split peas in turmeric sauce, Ethiopian cheese and kitfo, a highly seasoned raw meat dish.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/02/close-up-bite.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-39139\" title=\"close-up injera\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/02/close-up-bite.jpg\" alt=\"close-up injera\" width=\"400\" height=\"377\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Children are taught to make a bite of food that’s just big enough to fit in their mouth all at once, without stuffing their cheeks and to eat only with their right hands.” Tefferi remembers her mother training her left-handed brother by having him sit with his left hand behind his back.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“In the restaurant, we get 97% American diners. If they ask for silverware, I tell them it will be $10 extra,” teases Tefferi, with a twinkle in her eye, “ I just want them to try eating with their hands.” This gracious cultural ambassador wants to encourage more people to appreciate the 3000-year old cuisine of her homeland. “We need to revisit the way people used to eat; how much they cared and believed that whatever they put into their mouths was sacred,” says Tefferi. “The aroma is important too. Even after you wash up at the end of the meal, the scent of the food remains on your hand. Later, you might hold up your hand to someone else and say “Smell my hand, see how good the food was!”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>If you're reading this blog post, it means that KQED's \u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pressroom/interactive/\">Interactive team\u003c/a> is doing its job. We oversee \u003ca href=\"http://www.kqed.org/\">KQED.org\u003c/a> and ensure all of its content is up 24-7, which is no easy feat. There's the technical folks (engineers and developers) who manage the nuts-and-bolts of our site, and then there's producers like myself who create the original stories, videos, news reports and other features that are showcased online. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since we're behind a computer for most of the day tinkering in the virtual realm, it's nice to take a break and interact with our colleagues in the real world -- and there's no better way to do that (in my biased opinion) than with a gathering that's centered around food. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On a recent afternoon, we headed to the Dogpatch (a lovely 20-minute walk from the station) to \u003ca href=\"http://handsongourmet.com/\">Hands On Gourmet\u003c/a> for a a collaborative cooking session. (One of the co-founders, \u003ca href=\"http://handsongourmet.com/about-us/about-the-team/stephen-gibbs/\">Stephen Gibbs\u003c/a>, had a brief stint \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/author/stephengibbs/\">blogging\u003c/a> for Bay Area Bites.) When we arrived at Hands On Gourmet's spacious, sunny loft space, we indulged in a sampler of cheese and wine as we took in lovely views of the city. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/02/table-group1000.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/02/table-group560.jpg\" alt=\"Hands on Gourmet loft. Photo: Wendy Goodfriend\" title=\"Hands on Gourmet loft. Photo: Wendy Goodfriend\" width=\"560\" height=\"375\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-38865\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Photo: Wendy Goodfriend\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As much as we would have been happy spending the entire day chatting over wine and cheese, it was time to start cooking. Chef Dan introduced himself and his fellow chefs to us -- Joshua and Christine -- who were going to help us prepare an \u003ca href=\"http://handsongourmet.com/the-menus/india-2/\">Indian feast\u003c/a>. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/02/IMG_0522.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/02/IMG_0522.jpg\" alt=\"dan\" title=\"dan\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-38696\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/02/kitchen-christine1000.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/02/kitchen-christine560.jpg\" alt=\"Hands on Gourmet loft - Christine\" title=\"Hands on Gourmet loft - Christine\" width=\"560\" height=\"375\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-38870\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Photo: Wendy Goodfriend\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It was a full menu with fried vegetable fritters (pakoras), naan, eggplant stew (bengan bharta), cucumber and mint salad, and keema gobi, a lamb-and-vegetable curry (which we also made a vegetarian version of with squash). We tied on our aprons, divided into groups and headed to our stations which were already stocked with our ingredients. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/02/IMG_0503.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/02/IMG_0503.jpg\" alt=\"ingredients\" title=\"ingredients\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-38695\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chef Joshua managed our table, which was in charge of the keema gobi and cucumber mint salad. \u003ca href=\"http://www.kqed.org/about/seniorofficers/tim-olson.jsp\">Tim Olson\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"http://mindshift.kqed.org/author/tbarseghian/\">Tina Barseghian\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"http://science.kqed.org/quest/author/craig-rosa/\">Craig Rosa\u003c/a> and AJ Alfieri-Crispin (Media Systems Admin) prepped the food for the curry, while I worked on the salad.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/02/IMG_0545.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/02/IMG_0545.jpg\" alt=\"joshua, craig, tina, tim\" title=\"joshua, craig, tina, tim\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-38700\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/02/IMG_0534.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/02/IMG_0534.jpg\" alt=\"cukes ingredients\" title=\"cukes ingredients\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-38697\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Joshua gave a lesson to Tim about how to quickly chop up an onion, then gave a brief tutorial to AJ on mincing ginger: first peel the root, then slice it into thin planks, then thin matchsticks, and finish up with mincing them cross-wise. Tina and Craig got the squash ready for the veggie version of the curry. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/02/IMG_0537.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/02/IMG_0537.jpg\" alt=\"justin\" title=\"justin\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-38698\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/02/IMG_0547.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/02/IMG_0547.jpg\" alt=\"aj\" title=\"aj\" width=\"360\" height=\"640\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-38701\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/02/tina700.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/02/tina360.jpg\" alt=\"Tina prepping squash\" title=\"Tina prepping squash\" width=\"360\" height=\"538\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-38853\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Photo: Wendy Goodfriend\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, the pakoras were well underway in the capable hands of Amanda Stupi (Interactive Producer, News), Carol C. and \u003ca href=\"http://www.kqed.org/arts/profile/index.jsp?essid=20082\">Emmanuel Hapsis\u003c/a>, who were happily deep-frying a huge batch of chickpea-floured vegetables. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/02/fritter-makers700.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/02/fritter-makers360.jpg\" alt=\"making the pakoras\" title=\"making the pakoras\" width=\"360\" height=\"538\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-38855\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Photo: Wendy Goodfriend\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Colleen Wilson (Director, Interactive) passed them out with a fantastic sweet-and-sour \u003ca href=\"http://handsongourmet.com/2011/12/pakoras-with-sweet-onion-achar-chutney/\">achar chutney\u003c/a> that their team had also prepared. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/02/IMG_0561.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/02/IMG_0561.jpg\" alt=\"pakoras\" title=\"pakoras\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-38704\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/02/IMG_0562.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/02/IMG_0562.jpg\" alt=\"pakoras\" title=\"pakoras\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-38705\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I had put in a healthy dose of cayenne into my cucumber salad, but luckily it didn't make it too spicy. Justin gave it a thumbs up after I added a bit more lemon zest and juice and second bunch of mint to mix in. (We served the cilantro on the side as not everyone on our team was a fan of the herb.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/02/jenny700.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/02/jenny360.jpg\" alt=\"Jenny prepping salad. Photo: Wendy Goodfriend\" title=\"Jenny prepping salad. Photo: Wendy Goodfriend\" width=\"360\" height=\"538\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-38860\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Photo: Wendy Goodfriend\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>My other colleagues were busy working at their stations on raita, naan and dessert. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/02/raita-making560.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/02/raita-making560.jpg\" alt=\"making raita with chef Dan. Photo: Wendy Goodfriend\" title=\"making raita with chef Dan. Photo: Wendy Goodfriend\" width=\"560\" height=\"375\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-38874\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Chef Dan instructs Lisa and Marie how to make raita. Photo: Wendy Goodfriend\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/02/nan-makers560.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/02/nan-makers560.jpg\" alt=\"Mark and Lisa making naan. Photo: Wendy Goodfriend\" title=\"Mark and Lisa making naan. Photo: Wendy Goodfriend\" width=\"560\" height=\"375\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-38881\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Mark and Lisa making naan. Photo: Wendy Goodfriend\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/02/cristine-cake700.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/02/cristine-cake360.jpg\" alt=\"Christine makes fig cake while Emmanuel observes. Photo: Wendy Goodfriend\" title=\"Christine makes fig cake while Emmanuel observes. Photo: Wendy Goodfriend\" width=\"360\" height=\"538\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-38877\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Christine makes fig cake while Emmanuel observes. Photo: Wendy Goodfriend\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After about two hours of working away in the kitchen, it was time to savor the fruits of our labor. But of course, as media employees of KQED, we had to thoroughly document our meal beforehand prior to sitting down for lunch. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/02/IMG_0631.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/02/IMG_0631.jpg\" alt=\"kqed photos\" title=\"kqed photos\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-38715\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/02/IMG_0638.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/02/IMG_0638.jpg\" alt=\"naan\" title=\"naan\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-38719\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/02/IMG_0634.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/02/IMG_0634.jpg\" alt=\"keema gobi\" title=\"keema gobi\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-38716\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/02/IMG_0627.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/02/IMG_0627.jpg\" alt=\"eggplant and rice\" title=\"eggplant and rice\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-38713\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/02/IMG_0636.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/02/IMG_0636.jpg\" alt=\"cilantro chutney\" title=\"cilantro chutney\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-38717\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/02/IMG_0637.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/02/IMG_0637.jpg\" alt=\"cucumber salad\" title=\"cucumber salad\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-38718\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/02/IMG_0644.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/02/IMG_0644.jpg\" alt=\"indian meal\" title=\"indian meal\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-38721\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As we dived into our food, we debated which team's dish came out the best. I personally think the cucumber mint salad stole the show, although those highly addictive pakoras were pretty tasty. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/02/IMG_0643.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/02/IMG_0643.jpg\" alt=\"interactive team\" title=\"interactive team\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-38720\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Somehow, after polishing off our huge plates of food, we still had room for dessert: a date walnut cake with a brandy-caramel sauce. We loosened the strings on our aprons and dug in -- I mean, how could you resist this? \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/02/cake1000.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/02/cake560.jpg\" alt=\"Date Walnut Cake. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>If you're reading this blog post, it means that KQED's \u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pressroom/interactive/\">Interactive team\u003c/a> is doing its job. We oversee \u003ca href=\"http://www.kqed.org/\">KQED.org\u003c/a> and ensure all of its content is up 24-7, which is no easy feat. There's the technical folks (engineers and developers) who manage the nuts-and-bolts of our site, and then there's producers like myself who create the original stories, videos, news reports and other features that are showcased online. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since we're behind a computer for most of the day tinkering in the virtual realm, it's nice to take a break and interact with our colleagues in the real world -- and there's no better way to do that (in my biased opinion) than with a gathering that's centered around food. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On a recent afternoon, we headed to the Dogpatch (a lovely 20-minute walk from the station) to \u003ca href=\"http://handsongourmet.com/\">Hands On Gourmet\u003c/a> for a a collaborative cooking session. (One of the co-founders, \u003ca href=\"http://handsongourmet.com/about-us/about-the-team/stephen-gibbs/\">Stephen Gibbs\u003c/a>, had a brief stint \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/author/stephengibbs/\">blogging\u003c/a> for Bay Area Bites.) When we arrived at Hands On Gourmet's spacious, sunny loft space, we indulged in a sampler of cheese and wine as we took in lovely views of the city. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/02/table-group1000.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/02/table-group560.jpg\" alt=\"Hands on Gourmet loft. Photo: Wendy Goodfriend\" title=\"Hands on Gourmet loft. Photo: Wendy Goodfriend\" width=\"560\" height=\"375\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-38865\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Photo: Wendy Goodfriend\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As much as we would have been happy spending the entire day chatting over wine and cheese, it was time to start cooking. Chef Dan introduced himself and his fellow chefs to us -- Joshua and Christine -- who were going to help us prepare an \u003ca href=\"http://handsongourmet.com/the-menus/india-2/\">Indian feast\u003c/a>. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/02/IMG_0522.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/02/IMG_0522.jpg\" alt=\"dan\" title=\"dan\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-38696\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/02/kitchen-christine1000.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/02/kitchen-christine560.jpg\" alt=\"Hands on Gourmet loft - Christine\" title=\"Hands on Gourmet loft - Christine\" width=\"560\" height=\"375\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-38870\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Photo: Wendy Goodfriend\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It was a full menu with fried vegetable fritters (pakoras), naan, eggplant stew (bengan bharta), cucumber and mint salad, and keema gobi, a lamb-and-vegetable curry (which we also made a vegetarian version of with squash). We tied on our aprons, divided into groups and headed to our stations which were already stocked with our ingredients. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/02/IMG_0503.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/02/IMG_0503.jpg\" alt=\"ingredients\" title=\"ingredients\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-38695\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chef Joshua managed our table, which was in charge of the keema gobi and cucumber mint salad. \u003ca href=\"http://www.kqed.org/about/seniorofficers/tim-olson.jsp\">Tim Olson\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"http://mindshift.kqed.org/author/tbarseghian/\">Tina Barseghian\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"http://science.kqed.org/quest/author/craig-rosa/\">Craig Rosa\u003c/a> and AJ Alfieri-Crispin (Media Systems Admin) prepped the food for the curry, while I worked on the salad.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/02/IMG_0545.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/02/IMG_0545.jpg\" alt=\"joshua, craig, tina, tim\" title=\"joshua, craig, tina, tim\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-38700\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/02/IMG_0534.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/02/IMG_0534.jpg\" alt=\"cukes ingredients\" title=\"cukes ingredients\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-38697\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Joshua gave a lesson to Tim about how to quickly chop up an onion, then gave a brief tutorial to AJ on mincing ginger: first peel the root, then slice it into thin planks, then thin matchsticks, and finish up with mincing them cross-wise. Tina and Craig got the squash ready for the veggie version of the curry. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/02/IMG_0537.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/02/IMG_0537.jpg\" alt=\"justin\" title=\"justin\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-38698\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/02/IMG_0547.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/02/IMG_0547.jpg\" alt=\"aj\" title=\"aj\" width=\"360\" height=\"640\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-38701\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/02/tina700.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/02/tina360.jpg\" alt=\"Tina prepping squash\" title=\"Tina prepping squash\" width=\"360\" height=\"538\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-38853\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Photo: Wendy Goodfriend\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, the pakoras were well underway in the capable hands of Amanda Stupi (Interactive Producer, News), Carol C. and \u003ca href=\"http://www.kqed.org/arts/profile/index.jsp?essid=20082\">Emmanuel Hapsis\u003c/a>, who were happily deep-frying a huge batch of chickpea-floured vegetables. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/02/fritter-makers700.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/02/fritter-makers360.jpg\" alt=\"making the pakoras\" title=\"making the pakoras\" width=\"360\" height=\"538\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-38855\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Photo: Wendy Goodfriend\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Colleen Wilson (Director, Interactive) passed them out with a fantastic sweet-and-sour \u003ca href=\"http://handsongourmet.com/2011/12/pakoras-with-sweet-onion-achar-chutney/\">achar chutney\u003c/a> that their team had also prepared. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/02/IMG_0561.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/02/IMG_0561.jpg\" alt=\"pakoras\" title=\"pakoras\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-38704\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/02/IMG_0562.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/02/IMG_0562.jpg\" alt=\"pakoras\" title=\"pakoras\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-38705\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I had put in a healthy dose of cayenne into my cucumber salad, but luckily it didn't make it too spicy. Justin gave it a thumbs up after I added a bit more lemon zest and juice and second bunch of mint to mix in. (We served the cilantro on the side as not everyone on our team was a fan of the herb.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/02/jenny700.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/02/jenny360.jpg\" alt=\"Jenny prepping salad. Photo: Wendy Goodfriend\" title=\"Jenny prepping salad. Photo: Wendy Goodfriend\" width=\"360\" height=\"538\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-38860\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Photo: Wendy Goodfriend\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>My other colleagues were busy working at their stations on raita, naan and dessert. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/02/raita-making560.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/02/raita-making560.jpg\" alt=\"making raita with chef Dan. Photo: Wendy Goodfriend\" title=\"making raita with chef Dan. Photo: Wendy Goodfriend\" width=\"560\" height=\"375\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-38874\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Chef Dan instructs Lisa and Marie how to make raita. Photo: Wendy Goodfriend\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/02/nan-makers560.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/02/nan-makers560.jpg\" alt=\"Mark and Lisa making naan. Photo: Wendy Goodfriend\" title=\"Mark and Lisa making naan. Photo: Wendy Goodfriend\" width=\"560\" height=\"375\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-38881\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Mark and Lisa making naan. Photo: Wendy Goodfriend\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/02/cristine-cake700.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/02/cristine-cake360.jpg\" alt=\"Christine makes fig cake while Emmanuel observes. Photo: Wendy Goodfriend\" title=\"Christine makes fig cake while Emmanuel observes. Photo: Wendy Goodfriend\" width=\"360\" height=\"538\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-38877\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Christine makes fig cake while Emmanuel observes. Photo: Wendy Goodfriend\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After about two hours of working away in the kitchen, it was time to savor the fruits of our labor. But of course, as media employees of KQED, we had to thoroughly document our meal beforehand prior to sitting down for lunch. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/02/IMG_0631.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/02/IMG_0631.jpg\" alt=\"kqed photos\" title=\"kqed photos\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-38715\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/02/IMG_0638.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/02/IMG_0638.jpg\" alt=\"naan\" title=\"naan\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-38719\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/02/IMG_0634.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/02/IMG_0634.jpg\" alt=\"keema gobi\" title=\"keema gobi\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-38716\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/02/IMG_0627.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/02/IMG_0627.jpg\" alt=\"eggplant and rice\" title=\"eggplant and rice\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-38713\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/02/IMG_0636.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/02/IMG_0636.jpg\" alt=\"cilantro chutney\" title=\"cilantro chutney\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-38717\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/02/IMG_0637.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/02/IMG_0637.jpg\" alt=\"cucumber salad\" title=\"cucumber salad\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-38718\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/02/IMG_0644.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/02/IMG_0644.jpg\" alt=\"indian meal\" title=\"indian meal\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-38721\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As we dived into our food, we debated which team's dish came out the best. I personally think the cucumber mint salad stole the show, although those highly addictive pakoras were pretty tasty. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/02/IMG_0643.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/02/IMG_0643.jpg\" alt=\"interactive team\" title=\"interactive team\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-38720\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Somehow, after polishing off our huge plates of food, we still had room for dessert: a date walnut cake with a brandy-caramel sauce. We loosened the strings on our aprons and dug in -- I mean, how could you resist this? \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/02/cake1000.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/02/cake560.jpg\" alt=\"Date Walnut Cake. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/01/chefs-kof-560.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/01/chefs-kof-560.jpg\" alt=\"Chefs MikeC and Olivier Said clowning around in the kitchen.\" title=\"Chefs MikeC and Olivier Said clowning around in the kitchen.\" width=\"560\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-38056\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>\u003cstrong>Chefs MikeC and Olivier Said strike a pose in the kitchen.\u003c/strong> Images courtesy of KoF\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Turns out that a financial meltdown can be a good thing for a cooking school -- even one that charges $70 a class and $799 for a 12-week series of instruction.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Classes at the Gourmet Ghetto-based \u003ca href=\"http://kitchenonfire.com/\">Kitchen on Fire\u003c/a> in the Epicurious Garden are in such demand that the business now boasts a second, larger facility -- at 2,500 square foot twice the size of the original location -- in West Berkeley. The public can check out the new culinary classroom at its grand opening on Saturday night. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Back in 2005, chefs Olivier Said and MikeC teamed up to offer cooking classes both practical and playful. Their mission: To take the mystery out of kitchen techniques and culinary language, make cooking accessible to anyone who wanted to learn how to use a knife, and have fun putting food on a plate. (\u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/2010/01/29/scouting-berkeley-kitchen-on-fire/\">Read a recent review of one class\u003c/a> and what a hundred or so \u003ca href=\"http://www.yelp.com/biz/kitchen-on-fire-berkeley\">Yelpers have to say\u003c/a>.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Like the original location, KoF2 offers a range of classes, including knife-skills, regional and ethnic cuisine, couples cookery, seasonal and farmers' market fare, and specialty food preparation (everything from cocktail party soirees to one-pot family meals for weeknights). All that, plus their signature 12-week basic cooking series taught in a space decked out with state-of-the-art equipment. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>(Word to the recession weary: The kitchen is currently not accepting any new culinary assistants, which has proven a popular way for cash-strapped wannabe cooks to hone their skills. In exchange for helping prep before classes and clean up after, culinary assistants attend for free.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In addition to showing off their new digs, serving food, and talking up the school's calendar of classes, MikeC and Said will sign copies of their recent book, \u003ca href=\"http://www.amazon.com/Kitchen-Fire-Mastering-Cooking-Weeks/dp/0738214531\">\u003cem>Kitchen on Fire: Mastering the Art of Cooking in 12 Weeks (or Less)\u003c/em>\u003c/a>, a step-by-step, technique-driven tome designed to offer new skills for the complete novice to the accomplished home cook. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/01/class-500.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/01/class-500.jpg\" alt=\"Kitchen on Fire plans to offer longer classes at their new satellite site.\" title=\"Kitchen on Fire plans to offer longer classes at their new satellite site.\" width=\"500\" height=\"335\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-38055\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Kitchen on Fire plans to offer longer classes at their new satellite site.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>BAB checked in with Chef MikeC to find out what's cooking at the new Kitchen on Fire location.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Why did you decide to open a second Kitchen on Fire site and what drew you to this location?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Our classes were filling up so quickly (and many had large wait lists) so we needed more space to handle the demand. Our new location offers close access to the freeway, \u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleybowl.com/\">Berkeley Bowl West\u003c/a> is in walking distance, and it's attached to a restaurant and home chef retail store, \u003ca href=\"http://www.rocketrest.com/\">Rocket Restaurant Resource\u003c/a>. Those three things made it a perfect match for us.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>How has the continuing economic downturn and renewed interest in the D.I.Y. Domestic Arts impacted your business?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Oddly enough we have thrived through the recession. More people seem to think learning to cook is a great idea right now, whether to save money, eat healthier, change career, or just for the love of food. People want to come into the kitchen and create enticing, delicious, nourishing experiences at home for family and friends. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>How is the new location different from the Gourmet Ghetto site?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It is a larger facility with two kitchens. It is also a blend of home chef and restaurant cooking equipment, so we can offer classes for both the home and professional chef.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What can folks look forward to at the new school in terms of classes, instructors, and events?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We will offer longer (four or more hours compared to our typical three-hour) classes, as well as more series-style classes on both cooking techniques and ethnic cuisines, including Thai, Indian, and French. We're also working with an ever-growing roster of guest chef instructors that are experts in their cuisines. On the event side, we can now hold larger private and corporate parties.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What's unique about your cooking school?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We are one of only a few independent (not part of a retail, grocery, cooking appliance) cooking schools in the country that has a focus on teaching home chefs. We have a vibrant atmosphere, with expert instructors who engaging. We explain the inner workings of food and its cookery to help students become confident cooks. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We're also involved in community outreach programs with non-profit partners such as \u003ca href=\"http://threesquaremeals.org/\">Three Squares\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"http://www.svdp-alameda.org/how-we-help/job-training/kitchen-of-champions.html\">St. Vincent de Paul's Kitchen of Champions\u003c/a>. We help teach people living on welfare how to feed their families healthy meals on limited budgets or learn cooking skills they can use to find work in the food service industry.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What are the fundamental cooking techniques a novice should learn first? \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Knife skills: If the food isn’t cut to the proper (and uniform) shape and size, it won’t cook evenly. Sautéing and stir frying would be next. Both are quick and easy techniques to make a meal and also the first step for many other techniques, such as making a soup or stew.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>If you had to name three dishes that every home chef should know how to prepare, what would they be?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A roasted chicken and vegetables, veggie stir fry, and frittata. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/01/new-space500.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/01/new-space500.jpg\" alt=\"A sneak peek inside the new Kitchen on Fire culinary classroom.\" title=\"A sneak peek inside the new Kitchen on Fire culinary classroom.\" width=\"500\" height=\"299\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-38057\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>A sneak peek inside the new Kitchen on Fire culinary classroom.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Details:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kitchen on Fire West Grand Opening\u003cbr>\nSaturday, January 28, 7 p.m.-9 p.m.\u003cbr>\nAddress: \u003ca href=\"http://g.co/maps/cvapa\">Map\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n(Inside Rocket Restaurant Resource)\u003cbr>\n2940 7th Street, Berkeley (between Potter St. and Anthony St.)\u003cbr>\n510-548-2665\u003c/p>\n\n",
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In exchange for helping prep before classes and clean up after, culinary assistants attend for free.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In addition to showing off their new digs, serving food, and talking up the school's calendar of classes, MikeC and Said will sign copies of their recent book, \u003ca href=\"http://www.amazon.com/Kitchen-Fire-Mastering-Cooking-Weeks/dp/0738214531\">\u003cem>Kitchen on Fire: Mastering the Art of Cooking in 12 Weeks (or Less)\u003c/em>\u003c/a>, a step-by-step, technique-driven tome designed to offer new skills for the complete novice to the accomplished home cook. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/01/class-500.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/01/class-500.jpg\" alt=\"Kitchen on Fire plans to offer longer classes at their new satellite site.\" title=\"Kitchen on Fire plans to offer longer classes at their new satellite site.\" width=\"500\" height=\"335\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-38055\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Kitchen on Fire plans to offer longer classes at their new satellite site.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>BAB checked in with Chef MikeC to find out what's cooking at the new Kitchen on Fire location.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Why did you decide to open a second Kitchen on Fire site and what drew you to this location?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Our classes were filling up so quickly (and many had large wait lists) so we needed more space to handle the demand. Our new location offers close access to the freeway, \u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleybowl.com/\">Berkeley Bowl West\u003c/a> is in walking distance, and it's attached to a restaurant and home chef retail store, \u003ca href=\"http://www.rocketrest.com/\">Rocket Restaurant Resource\u003c/a>. Those three things made it a perfect match for us.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>How has the continuing economic downturn and renewed interest in the D.I.Y. Domestic Arts impacted your business?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Oddly enough we have thrived through the recession. More people seem to think learning to cook is a great idea right now, whether to save money, eat healthier, change career, or just for the love of food. People want to come into the kitchen and create enticing, delicious, nourishing experiences at home for family and friends. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>How is the new location different from the Gourmet Ghetto site?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It is a larger facility with two kitchens. It is also a blend of home chef and restaurant cooking equipment, so we can offer classes for both the home and professional chef.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What can folks look forward to at the new school in terms of classes, instructors, and events?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We will offer longer (four or more hours compared to our typical three-hour) classes, as well as more series-style classes on both cooking techniques and ethnic cuisines, including Thai, Indian, and French. We're also working with an ever-growing roster of guest chef instructors that are experts in their cuisines. On the event side, we can now hold larger private and corporate parties.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What's unique about your cooking school?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We are one of only a few independent (not part of a retail, grocery, cooking appliance) cooking schools in the country that has a focus on teaching home chefs. We have a vibrant atmosphere, with expert instructors who engaging. We explain the inner workings of food and its cookery to help students become confident cooks. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We're also involved in community outreach programs with non-profit partners such as \u003ca href=\"http://threesquaremeals.org/\">Three Squares\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"http://www.svdp-alameda.org/how-we-help/job-training/kitchen-of-champions.html\">St. Vincent de Paul's Kitchen of Champions\u003c/a>. We help teach people living on welfare how to feed their families healthy meals on limited budgets or learn cooking skills they can use to find work in the food service industry.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What are the fundamental cooking techniques a novice should learn first? \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Knife skills: If the food isn’t cut to the proper (and uniform) shape and size, it won’t cook evenly. Sautéing and stir frying would be next. Both are quick and easy techniques to make a meal and also the first step for many other techniques, such as making a soup or stew.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>If you had to name three dishes that every home chef should know how to prepare, what would they be?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A roasted chicken and vegetables, veggie stir fry, and frittata. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/01/new-space500.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/01/new-space500.jpg\" alt=\"A sneak peek inside the new Kitchen on Fire culinary classroom.\" title=\"A sneak peek inside the new Kitchen on Fire culinary classroom.\" width=\"500\" height=\"299\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-38057\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>A sneak peek inside the new Kitchen on Fire culinary classroom.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Details:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kitchen on Fire West Grand Opening\u003cbr>\nSaturday, January 28, 7 p.m.-9 p.m.\u003cbr>\nAddress: \u003ca href=\"http://g.co/maps/cvapa\">Map\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n(Inside Rocket Restaurant Resource)\u003cbr>\n2940 7th Street, Berkeley (between Potter St. and Anthony St.)\u003cbr>\n510-548-2665\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/01/dragons.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/01/dragons.jpg\" alt=\"dragons\" title=\"dragons\" width=\"560\" height=\"513\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-37942\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Year of the Dragon roars into town today, with \u003ca href=\"http://www.sanfranciscochinatown.com/events/index.html\">two weeks of celebrations\u003c/a> capped by the famous Chinatown Parade on February 11. Saturday, I attended a New Year’s themed buffet lunch and wok cooking demonstration by acclaimed cookbook author and San Francisco native, \u003ca href=\"http://www.graceyoung.com/\">Grace Young\u003c/a>, in \u003ca href=\"http://www.yelp.com/biz/louies-california-chinese-cuisine-san-francisco\">Louie’s restaurant\u003c/a>, a Chinatown institution.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Young —wearing a lucky red-colored top, as are many other attendees— greets her audience by reminding us that New Year’s is “the most important holiday in the Chinese calendar. It’s about renewal, rebirth and family togetherness.” Of all the animals in the \u003ca href=\"http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art174837.asp\">Chinese horoscope\u003c/a>, the mythical dragon is thought to embody power and success. Those born under its the sign are believed to be exceptionally intelligent, creative, charismatic, fearless, lucky, generous, confident, innovative, passionate but unpredictable. No wonder millions of Chinese people are waiting to get married, start businesses and have babies this year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_37949\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/01/grace-young.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/01/grace-young.jpg\" alt=\"grace young\" title=\"grace young\" width=\"300\" height=\"457\" class=\"size-full wp-image-37949\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u003cem>Grace Young. Photo courtesy of Steven Mark Neeham\u003c/em>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The powerful dragon is a good symbol for Grace Young, a determined woman on a mission. Her goal: to rejuvenate authentic Chinese home cooking by keeping the wok tradition alive. “For 2000 years, the wok has been the iron thread that has bound Chinese culinary culture.” she says. “Now is the first time in his history that it’s at risk of being lost.” Non-stick woks are destroying Chinese home cooking,” declares Young passionately. “The food doesn’t taste right, because you can’t get it to sear and caramelize properly. It ends up braised and soggy. Non-stick cookware is not meant for the high heat necessary for stir-fries.” She prefers a flat-bottom, 14-inch carbon steel wok, with a long wooden handle, which can be seasoned to a warm burnished gold, like the one she is using today to make spicy long beans with sausage and mushrooms, a dish her mother taught her.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Besides coming to celebrate the new year with her family in San Francisco, Young is on a tour to promote and sign copies of her latest book, \u003ca href=\"http://www.graceyoung.com/cookbooks/cookbook-3/\">Stir-Frying to the Sky’s Edge\u003c/a>, winner of the James Beard International Cookbook Award, which has taken her to Chinese diaspora communities around the world and steeled her resolve to share the secrets of the wok with as many home cooks as possible.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/01/grace-in-action.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/01/grace-in-action.jpg\" alt=\"grace in action\" title=\"grace in action\" width=\"560\" height=\"581\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-37948\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\nYoung demonstrates how to judge when the preheated wok is hot enough (as soon as a drop of water evaporates on contact) then swirls in the oil and quickly adds her vegetables. One tip she imparts is to listen to your food cook, “That sizzle is the wok talking to you. If you don’t hear it, it’s not hot enough.” Her green beans turn out crunchy with a delicate, smoky wok flavor, which Young says sets it apart from stir-fries made in a skillet or non-stick cookware.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/01/long-beans-collage-2.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/01/long-beans-collage-2.jpg\" alt=\"long beans\" title=\"long beans\" width=\"560\" height=\"333\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-37950\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, upstairs, a Chinese calligrapher inks lucky characters on red paper, and the guests line up to fill their plates with lucky foods. Wilma Pang, one of the organizers of today’s event, under the auspices of \u003ca href=\"http://wn.com/A_Better_Chinatown_Tomorrow\">A Better Chinatown Tomorrow\u003c/a>, explains the symbolism of the foods arranged on the buffet table.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/01/Calligraphy-collage.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/01/Calligraphy-collage.jpg\" alt=\"Calligraphy and dumplings\" title=\"Calligraphy and dumplings\" width=\"560\" height=\"560\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-37947\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\nMany dishes are considered lucky because their Chinese names are homonyms for auspicious goals; others insure a good year because of their shapes or colors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The word for celery (choi) is a homonym for hard work,” Pang explains, and it portends the monetary result of all that effort. Green onions stand for intelligence; the turnip cake signifies that things will keep getting better. The apple means smooth sailing ahead and the tangerine is considered lucky because its orange color connects to gold. Its leaves represent growth and prosperity. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Although, many Chinese New Years foods vary by family and village, the one universal dish is crescent shaped \u003ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jiaozi\">dumplings\u003c/a>. Traditionally, dumplings are made on New Years Eve by all the members of the family, working together. Their shape represents gold ingots and so symbolizes good fortune for the upcoming year. “The more you make, it’s like putting money in the bank,” says Pang. “And often, we hide a coin in one dumpling for a lucky diner to find.” \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/01/chicken-close-up.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/01/chicken-close-up.jpg\" alt=\"whole chicken\" title=\" whole chicken \" width=\"560\" height=\"453\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-37946\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pang points out the chicken with its head and feet still attached. “Very important to cook an entire chicken, for family togetherness.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/01/cookies.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/01/cookies.jpg\" alt=\"cookies\" title=\"cookies\" width=\"560\" height=\"420\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-37945\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n“See these cookies that open up with a smiling face, they represent happiness,” says Pang.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/01/arrowroot-collage.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/01/arrowroot-collage.jpg\" alt=\"arrowroot\" title=\"arrowroot \" width=\"560\" height=\"282\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-37944\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During the meal, there is one dish that has even the Chinese diners stumped. 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Her cousin said, ”When it comes to Chinese cooking, I don’t even try because you can’t beat the Chinese take-out in San Francisco.” Young feared that if most second generation Chinese shared her cousin’s indifference towards learning to make the food of their ancestors, a wealth of authentic recipes and foodways might disappear. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For three years, she made numerous visits to San Francisco to learn her parents’ and family’s recipes. This led to her parents sharing stories about customs and traditions associated with the food, as well as tales from their lives in China that she had never heard before. Young’s first book, \u003ca href=\"http://www.graceyoung.com/cookbooks/cookbook-1/\">The Wisdom of the Chinese Kitchen\u003c/a>, was published in 1999 and won the IACP Best International Cookbook. Young is proudest of this book because she feels it preserves traditional Chinese home cooking. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Is the dish you made today special for Chinese New Year's?\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nNot specifically, but it has mushrooms which grow quickly and so symbolize prosperity. I made this dish today because it’s one of my mother’s favorites. Now that she’s getting older and doesn’t cook, I’m so grateful I have recorded her recipes in my book. When I go back and reread them, it’s as if I can hear her still talking to me through the recipes. For all these years, she always made the New Year’s Eve meal and now in the last few years I am able, through my book, to make it for her. It’s ironic because I always thought that I was writing for the next generation. And in a million years I never dreamed I would give this back to my mother. When I make her a special New Year’s dish, like turnip cake, her face lights up, because food is memory.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Is there a certain dish you always have for New Year's eve dinner?\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nFish is the standard dish at the end of the meal. The word for fish “yu” means wish and signifies abundance. It is essential to serve the complete fish, with the head and tail attached to ensure a good beginning and end to the year. Traditionally purchased live from a tank where one can pick out a strong swimmer, the poached fish with scallions and ginger is served as the last course of the New Year’s Eve feast, but not completely consumed. The leftovers are eaten the next day, so that its abundance will spill over into the New Year. Lobster, as the king of the ocean, represents the energy of the dragon. But any seafood is auspicious. Shrimp, whose name ha sounds like laughter, represents happiness; the shells of clams and scallops resemble old Chinese coins and therefore portend prosperity. Also, the clam shells open as you stir fry them, signifying a new beginning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What's the difference between the Chinatowns in San Francisco and New York?\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nFor me, San Francisco Chinatown has such sweet memories. My father was a liquor salesman and so the owners of every restaurant and shop knew him and gave us a special welcome. Plus, the produce in California is so much more abundant and pristine in quality, especially the Asian vegetables. I love the hustle bustle and energy of shopping on Stockton Street. When a grocer brings out a new box of baby bok choy or snow pea shoots and rips it open, all of a sudden everyone lunges towards it with frenzied excitement and all these hands try to grab the freshest greens.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As we finish our interview, I accompany Grace on a short walk to \u003ca href=\"http://www.wokshop.com/\">The Wok Shop\u003c/a>, a bustling little warren, filled chock-a-block with woks, gadgets and cooking accessories, whose owner Tane Chan graciously provided the seasoned wok for today’s cooking demonstration. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/01/wok-shop.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/01/wok-shop.jpg\" alt=\"wok shop\" title=\"wok shop\" width=\"560\" height=\"553\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-37943\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n“This is the best wok store in the whole country,” says Grace as she leads me right to the tower of carbonized steel flat bottom woks (only $24.95). And I gladly buy one. No use resisting the power of the dragon.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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If you don’t hear it, it’s not hot enough.” Her green beans turn out crunchy with a delicate, smoky wok flavor, which Young says sets it apart from stir-fries made in a skillet or non-stick cookware.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/01/long-beans-collage-2.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/01/long-beans-collage-2.jpg\" alt=\"long beans\" title=\"long beans\" width=\"560\" height=\"333\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-37950\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, upstairs, a Chinese calligrapher inks lucky characters on red paper, and the guests line up to fill their plates with lucky foods. Wilma Pang, one of the organizers of today’s event, under the auspices of \u003ca href=\"http://wn.com/A_Better_Chinatown_Tomorrow\">A Better Chinatown Tomorrow\u003c/a>, explains the symbolism of the foods arranged on the buffet table.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/01/Calligraphy-collage.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/01/Calligraphy-collage.jpg\" alt=\"Calligraphy and dumplings\" title=\"Calligraphy and dumplings\" width=\"560\" height=\"560\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-37947\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\nMany dishes are considered lucky because their Chinese names are homonyms for auspicious goals; others insure a good year because of their shapes or colors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The word for celery (choi) is a homonym for hard work,” Pang explains, and it portends the monetary result of all that effort. Green onions stand for intelligence; the turnip cake signifies that things will keep getting better. The apple means smooth sailing ahead and the tangerine is considered lucky because its orange color connects to gold. Its leaves represent growth and prosperity. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Although, many Chinese New Years foods vary by family and village, the one universal dish is crescent shaped \u003ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jiaozi\">dumplings\u003c/a>. Traditionally, dumplings are made on New Years Eve by all the members of the family, working together. 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What are those roundish starchy vegetables? “Arrowroot,” Pang answers and holds up a fresh one, slyly smiling as she explains, “See this shape, with the little part that sticks out – that’s for having boy babies.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After lunch, I have a chance to chat with Grace Young and ask her a few questions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She grew up eating the traditional Cantonese foods her parents prepared. But at age 12, discovered Julia Child on TV and became fascinated with French cooking, and its entirely different culinary vocabulary. After apprenticing with French chef Josephine Araldo in San Francisco, Young moved to New York in 1979, and worked writing and testing recipes for General Foods. Then she ran the test kitchen at Time Life Books for 18 years, and produced more than 40 cookbooks that spanned the globe.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A chance comment from a cousin ignited the spark of Young’s passion to explore her own family’s culinary culture. Her cousin said, ”When it comes to Chinese cooking, I don’t even try because you can’t beat the Chinese take-out in San Francisco.” Young feared that if most second generation Chinese shared her cousin’s indifference towards learning to make the food of their ancestors, a wealth of authentic recipes and foodways might disappear. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For three years, she made numerous visits to San Francisco to learn her parents’ and family’s recipes. This led to her parents sharing stories about customs and traditions associated with the food, as well as tales from their lives in China that she had never heard before. Young’s first book, \u003ca href=\"http://www.graceyoung.com/cookbooks/cookbook-1/\">The Wisdom of the Chinese Kitchen\u003c/a>, was published in 1999 and won the IACP Best International Cookbook. Young is proudest of this book because she feels it preserves traditional Chinese home cooking. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Is the dish you made today special for Chinese New Year's?\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nNot specifically, but it has mushrooms which grow quickly and so symbolize prosperity. I made this dish today because it’s one of my mother’s favorites. Now that she’s getting older and doesn’t cook, I’m so grateful I have recorded her recipes in my book. When I go back and reread them, it’s as if I can hear her still talking to me through the recipes. For all these years, she always made the New Year’s Eve meal and now in the last few years I am able, through my book, to make it for her. It’s ironic because I always thought that I was writing for the next generation. And in a million years I never dreamed I would give this back to my mother. When I make her a special New Year’s dish, like turnip cake, her face lights up, because food is memory.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Is there a certain dish you always have for New Year's eve dinner?\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nFish is the standard dish at the end of the meal. The word for fish “yu” means wish and signifies abundance. It is essential to serve the complete fish, with the head and tail attached to ensure a good beginning and end to the year. Traditionally purchased live from a tank where one can pick out a strong swimmer, the poached fish with scallions and ginger is served as the last course of the New Year’s Eve feast, but not completely consumed. The leftovers are eaten the next day, so that its abundance will spill over into the New Year. Lobster, as the king of the ocean, represents the energy of the dragon. But any seafood is auspicious. 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It was bursting with tannins.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/10/IMG_2075.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/10/IMG_2075.jpg\" alt=\"Crushpad's Stu Ake leading barrel tasting\" title=\"Crushpad's Stu Ake leading barrel tasting\" width=\"500\" height=\"360\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-34470\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I did a half day crush camp but if you want to check out one for yourself, consider that many wineries offer their wine club members harvest experiences. Meantime, here are a few suggestions from day camps to expensive, fantasy crush camps. 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How did they manage it? \"We spent a lot of time pushing metro racks full of half-prepared food down the street,\" she laughed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What's \u003ca href=\"http://www.18reasons.org/calendar.php\">coming up\u003c/a>, now that they've got both marble counters and elbow room?\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp> \"Rosie Gill, 18 Reason's program director and I are particularly excited about all the children's programming we've got coming up. That's really going to be our focus for the next year. Food education, working with kids, that's a big part of our mission.\"\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/09/maggie-spicer-soup.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/09/maggie-spicer-soup.jpg\" alt=\"Maggie Spicer serving soup on Saturday night \" title=\"Maggie Spicer serving soup on Saturday night \" width=\"560\" height=\"474\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-33109\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Maggie Spicer serving soup on Saturday night \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As is bringing people together to eat, talk, schmooze, and think. Maggie Spicer, a volunteer and co-curator, with Tia Paneet, of the rotating art installations, was also tonight's soup-maker, using a Tuscan-style sage-and-bean soup recipe from Bi-Rite’s upcoming cookbook/shopping guide/manifesto, \u003ca href=\"http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/158008303X/kqedorg-20\">Eat Good Food\u003c/a>, out next month from Ten Speed Press. The bigger space allows for bigger art, in this case enormous \u003ca href=\"http://18reasons.org/engage_gallery.php\">murals inspired by Ronald McDonald\u003c/a>, weeping for his sins, and the Japanese tsunami, envisioned as an ominously grinning, skull-faced girl, Sue Nami. The murals began as street art on the plywood panels shielding the windows during construction. 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Student enrollment filled up just as fast. Edible Education is being organized, and funded, by Alice Water’s \u003ca href=\"http://www.chezpanissefoundation.org/\">Chez Pannise Foundation\u003c/a>. \u003ca href=\"http://revolutionandevolution.blogspot.com/\">Nikki Henderson\u003c/a>, the executive director of \u003ca href=\"http://www.peoplesgrocery.org/\">People’s Grocery\u003c/a> in Oakland, along with author and U.C. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_25221\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/03/la.cucina.di_.terresa.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/03/la.cucina.di_.terresa.jpg\" alt=\"In the kitchen with vegetarian cooking instructor Theresa Murphy. Photo: Sarah Henry\" title=\"In the kitchen with vegetarian cooking instructor Theresa Murphy. Photo: Sarah Henry\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"size-full wp-image-25221\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">In the kitchen with vegetarian cooking instructor Theresa Murphy. Photo: Sarah Henry\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>So you know how those of us in the Bay Area who are food focused can think where we live is a bit all that? Smug, as we can be, with our local, organic, sustainable this and our foraged, hand-crafted that.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sometimes it takes an ex-pat to make you wake up and smell the fair trade, \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/2010/07/29/3rd-wave-coffee-roasting-in-the-bay-area/\">third-wave coffee\u003c/a>. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That's how I felt last week when I met vegetarian cooking instructor \u003ca href=\"http://www.lacucinaditerresa.com/about_me.htm\">Theresa Murphy\u003c/a>, who has called Paris home for some 15 years. Murphy has firm opinions about food and she's not afraid to share them. She brings her own salt, cheese, and wine when traveling Stateside and scoffs at the bread on offer in the Bay Area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It's almost impossible to buy decent baguette here, she says. \u003ca href=\"http://www.ferrybuildingmarketplace.com/acme_bread_company.php\"> Acme\u003c/a> baguette, beloved by locals, is all wrong in terms of taste, texture, and air as far as Murphy is concerned. She maintains that \u003ca href=\"http://cheeseboardcollective.coop/cheese_bakery/breads\">Cheeseboard\u003c/a>'s long loaf comes closest to a true Parisian baguette and she likes the brick-oven loaves baked at Oakland's \u003ca href=\"http://www.firebrandartisanbreads.com/\">Firebrand\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While good cheeses can be found in the Bay Area they're outrageously expensive, says Murphy, ditto natural wines, though at a pinch she picks up bottles at \u003ca href=\"http://terroirsf.com/\">Terroir\u003c/a> when she's in town. She disdains California wines which she believes don't pair well with food, especially vegetables.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>None of these pronouncements makes Murphy, 58, a self-taught chef, any less likable. It seems all so refreshingly, well, French or something, even if Murphy hales from Southern California and calls rustic Italian fare her cuisine of choice. The culinary guide behind \u003ca href=\"http://www.lacucinaditerresa.com/\">La Cucina Di Terresa\u003c/a>, Murphy runs plant-based cooking classes out of her tiny apartment kitchen in the 11th arrondissement in Paris.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For the second year in a row, Murphy offered \u003ca href=\"http://www.lacucinaditerresa.com/aCCLASS_BA2011.htm\">a series of \"cooking food from the soil\" classes\u003c/a> in the homes of friends in Berkeley, Oakland, and San Francisco, which I first heard about, as you do, from a mom of a boy on my son's baseball team. Vicky raved about the class she took with Theresa in Paris, urged me to sign up quickly for her first Bay Area tour last year, but I was too late to land a seat at the table. (You'll find \u003ca href=\"http://www.lacucinaditerresa.com/Testimonials.htm\">endorsements for her Parisian culinary classes here\u003c/a>.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This year I was determined to check out Murphy's classes, which promised a celebration of seasonal, sustainable, organic vegetables cooked simply. Sounds just my sort of savory fare.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Murphy has an eclectic background. In the U.S. she worked in the front-of-the-house restaurant dining scene in San Francisco, including stints at \u003ca href=\"http://www.cafelamed.com/fillmore/pages/lamedsf.html\">La Mediterranee,\u003c/a> Carta, Flying Saucer, \u003ca href=\"http://www.southparkcafesf.com/\">South Park Cafe\u003c/a>, and \u003ca href=\"http://www.usmenuguide.com/bistroclovis.html\">Bistro Clovis\u003c/a>. In France she started out busking in Parisian eateries, served as a translator on films and books, and pursued photography. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Food has always been a focus in her life, though not always a healthy one. She struggled with both anorexia and bulimia as a young woman and says she broke herself of the compulsive behavior by filling the house with food one day, smearing it all over the walls, and screaming like a banshee. When she made the move to France, her love affair with food began in earnest.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/03/la.cucina.di_.terresa.collage500.jpg\" alt=\"collage of cooking class meal. Photos by Sarah Henry\" title=\"collage of cooking class meal. Photos by Sarah Henry\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-25224\">\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Dishes pictured: Red Quinoa Salad with Watermelon Radish, Potato Gnocchi with Wilted Spring Greens\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As my luck would have it, I am unable to report back on Murphy's abilities as an instructor, since the class started at 5 and I didn't arrive until 9:30, thinking all that would be left to do was apologize for my tardiness and offer to wash dishes. (I was delayed by a deadline, a meeting, a front porch light that caught on fire--don't ask--and heavy traffic on Geary Boulevard, filled with St. Patrick's Day revelers.) But the Richmond District house was abuzz with activity when I arrived and guests were leisurely getting ready to cook the main dish.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It's a well-known hazard of working in food (whether in the kitchen making it or at the desk writing about it) that you're often starving for something to eat, too busy on your craft to take the time to actually feed yourself. That's how I felt, ringing the door bell Thursday night. I was parched, hungry, and hankering for a home-cooked meal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And that's exactly what I got. Can I tell you just how wonderful it is to be warmly greeted into a stranger's home and offered, wine, water, and appetizers after you've worked a 12-hour day with little sustenance? The other guests, which included two Robs -- \u003ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rob_Epstein\">filmmaker Epstein\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"http://www.hayesstreetgrill.com/about_HSG\">chef Zaborny of Hayes Street Grill\u003c/a> -- were calm, kind, and caring and I found myself happily sitting down to a meal that I'd had absolutely nothing to do with preparing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So, readers, it would be wrong of me to recommend Murphy's cooking class, since I essentially missed all the instruction involved. But what I can tell you: That meal was a satisfying end to an otherwise frenzied day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I sampled French goat cheese on a rustic loaf and farinata, a chickpea flour-based flat bread studded with coins of purple carrots. Red quinoa salad with mandolin-thin watermelon radish slices, wild fennel, and a tangy dressing followed. Then it was on to wilted spring greens (lots of dandelion and some chard in the mix too) with impressively turned out potato gnocchi, which were pleasingly soft. Not as melt-in-your-mouth as the ricotta gnocchi from \u003ca href=\"http://www.epicurious.com/articlesguides/chefsexperts/interviews/judyrodgers\">Zuni Cafe\u003c/a> that I've never been able to replicate, but we're talking darn good, fluffy gnocchi, bathed in olive oil and butter, sprinkled with hazelnuts and parmesan, the slightly bitter greens proving the perfect counterpoint to the creamy potato pillows.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dessert followed, an almond-meal crumble (crunch the cooking crew called it) that worked when generously doused in an almond and pistachio milk cream with lemon zest. It was not the billed Meyer lemon tart with roasted pumpkin seeds and meringue, but honestly, I wasn't about to quibble when I was being so well fed and I hadn't lifted a finger to help get dinner ready.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Supper was served at a handsomely set table for ten at host Lisa Baker's house, where the wine and conversation did indeed flow and the accents (French, Italian, American, and Australian) just added to the ambiance. What could be better than sharing a simple meal made of top-notch ingredients with a group of people united around the pleasures of home cooking? \u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While good cheeses can be found in the Bay Area they're outrageously expensive, says Murphy, ditto natural wines, though at a pinch she picks up bottles at \u003ca href=\"http://terroirsf.com/\">Terroir\u003c/a> when she's in town. She disdains California wines which she believes don't pair well with food, especially vegetables.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>None of these pronouncements makes Murphy, 58, a self-taught chef, any less likable. It seems all so refreshingly, well, French or something, even if Murphy hales from Southern California and calls rustic Italian fare her cuisine of choice. The culinary guide behind \u003ca href=\"http://www.lacucinaditerresa.com/\">La Cucina Di Terresa\u003c/a>, Murphy runs plant-based cooking classes out of her tiny apartment kitchen in the 11th arrondissement in Paris.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For the second year in a row, Murphy offered \u003ca href=\"http://www.lacucinaditerresa.com/aCCLASS_BA2011.htm\">a series of \"cooking food from the soil\" classes\u003c/a> in the homes of friends in Berkeley, Oakland, and San Francisco, which I first heard about, as you do, from a mom of a boy on my son's baseball team. Vicky raved about the class she took with Theresa in Paris, urged me to sign up quickly for her first Bay Area tour last year, but I was too late to land a seat at the table. (You'll find \u003ca href=\"http://www.lacucinaditerresa.com/Testimonials.htm\">endorsements for her Parisian culinary classes here\u003c/a>.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This year I was determined to check out Murphy's classes, which promised a celebration of seasonal, sustainable, organic vegetables cooked simply. Sounds just my sort of savory fare.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Murphy has an eclectic background. In the U.S. she worked in the front-of-the-house restaurant dining scene in San Francisco, including stints at \u003ca href=\"http://www.cafelamed.com/fillmore/pages/lamedsf.html\">La Mediterranee,\u003c/a> Carta, Flying Saucer, \u003ca href=\"http://www.southparkcafesf.com/\">South Park Cafe\u003c/a>, and \u003ca href=\"http://www.usmenuguide.com/bistroclovis.html\">Bistro Clovis\u003c/a>. In France she started out busking in Parisian eateries, served as a translator on films and books, and pursued photography. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Food has always been a focus in her life, though not always a healthy one. She struggled with both anorexia and bulimia as a young woman and says she broke herself of the compulsive behavior by filling the house with food one day, smearing it all over the walls, and screaming like a banshee. When she made the move to France, her love affair with food began in earnest.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/03/la.cucina.di_.terresa.collage500.jpg\" alt=\"collage of cooking class meal. Photos by Sarah Henry\" title=\"collage of cooking class meal. 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