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culture of the country not just about the language i can easily recall the sights sounds and tastes the author describes and they would have been much more meaningful had i had a chance to read about them beforehand i think those of us who studied in taiwan in the mid to late 1980s were exposed to much more traditional chinese culture than those classmates who studied in the much more recently established language programs in the mainland although communist china having been forbidden to americans for so many years seemed much more interesting to many of us the opportunity to live with a chinese family was not an option there students lived in dorms with other americans and contact between chinese students and americans was still fairly tightly controlled i feel lucky to have lived with a chinese family and to have been treated to the feasts s c moey writes about but with only two years of the language under my belt even asking the right questions was difficult much less understanding what the family who spoke absolutely no english was trying to convey to me about their holidays and i was sadly underprepared for this part of my sojourn abroad the in depth cultural notes are clearly written with a deep love of the author s own culture perhaps i suggested to my husband who is from china s hunan province in an effort to preserve some of the cultural heritage that remains in singapore taiwan and other outlying chinese inhabited countries my memory of mainland china was one of communist utilitarianism and a desperate rush toward modernization that left much of the traditional culture behind as something outdated and almost shamefully self indulgent but my husband mentioned that in the past decade there has been a movement to reintroduce many of these festivals and feasts not only in the countryside where they have stayed somewhat alive despite the government s attempts from the 1950s on to shut them down as relics of an undesirable era but also in the cities the recipes in the book are well written and easy to follow although for a vast majority of the american audience the thought of buying some ingredients such as a whole fish that must then be gutted scaled etc is a bit off putting we cook a fair amount of chinese food at home and we definitely focus on day to day home cooking although some of the recipes in this book are for dishes meant to be prepared at special times of the year and shared with family and friends who are invited to partake in the festivities some of them are entirely manageable for weekday dinners especially with a little forethought when ingredients need to be soaked etc in part i the recipes are divided into standard cookbook sections vegetables meat poultry etc but the real riches come at the end of the book part ii is about specific feast days and the particular foods that are eaten only at those times of the year many of these recipes are for items that can be found in asian markets in advance of those feast days foods that i never imagined making at home i ll admit i haven t yet attempted moon cakes or salted preserved eggs but with this book in hand i may be tempted to try it the vital ingredients section is excellent providing simple explanations of commonly used ingredients and perhaps more importantly simple substitutions that are readily available even to those who don t have access to an asian grocery store the author is also the illustrator and the folksy pictures show traditional scenes of chinese festivals being celebrated and dishes being cooked but rarely of the actual dishes for which recipes are given i think that in the end this book will definitely enrich my chinese cooking classes and i hope my half chinese children will spend some time using it to bone up on that half of their heritage a great purpose for anyone looking to learn more about this part of chinese culture particularly those who love to cook and or teach chinese language and culture at the elementary and secondary level filed under books cookbooks leave a comment join us for a 1 2 day workshop posted on may 1 2013 by tangstein help us share this flyer download and print here filed under nutrition workshops tagged integrative health kitchen organizing nourish nutrition leave a comment almond milk posted on february 10 2013 by tangstein i ve been experimenting with non dairy milk alternatives recently and have made a variety of nut milks of hazelnut pecan and almond the almond has definitely been the favorite besides being really easy an added benefit to making these at home is that they are free of additives preservatives and a large amount of packaging any one of these would work in the almond jello recipe you will need to play with adding some sugar as the homemade nut milk is not sweetened most of the store bought versions are i would still keep the almond or other flavoring in the fruit syrup but you can eliminate it from the jello portion of the recipe makes about 2 5 c milk 1 2 c nut flour ingredients 1 c raw nuts not a problem if the skins are still on them 3 c filtered water method in a bowl cover the nuts with enough cold water to cover and soak for 10 12 h drain and rinse the nuts then put in a blender with the 3 c of filtered water and blend until smooth strain the milk through cheesecloth or a clean kitchen towel into a bowl then squeeze the cloth to extract all the liquid you can if you use scented detergent and or fabric softener don t use kitchen towels you can buy cheesecloth or a jelly bag in the canning section of most hardware kitchen stores the jelly bag is great very easy to rinse out by hand pour the milk into a glass jar with a tight fitting lid can be stored in the refrigerator for up to a week use as you would cow s milk for drinking and in baking or cooking you can spread the pulp on a baking sheet and dry it for using as nut flour breading etc filed under pantry tagged almond jello almond milk milk recipe leave a comment sugar blues workshop rerun posted on february 2 2013 by tangstein hope to see you there if you can help us to promote this event at your place of work or play please print out and post our flyer filed under nutrition workshops tagged healthy eating workshops sugar addiction leave a comment 2012 in review posted on january 2 2013 by tangstein the wordpress com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2012 annual report for this blog here s an excerpt 4 329 films were submitted to the 2012 cannes film festival this blog had 26 000 views in 2012 if each view were a film this blog would power 6 film festivals click here to see the complete report filed under uncategorized leave a comment is fat a four letter word posted on december 8 2012 by tangstein join me and jeri shumate of joyous health and learn how and why to get beneficial fats into and harmful fats out of your diet saturday january 12 2013 at 5 30pm salon m 283 s zeeb rd in ann arbor in scio village center intersection of zeeb jackson if you ve been to one of our workshops before bring a friend who hasn t and get a thank you gift from us if you would like to print out our flyer and post it or pass it on you can download it from the simply home cooking site thank you filed under nutrition workshops tagged beneficial fats healthy living workshops leave a comment reefnetting on lummi island posted on september 26 2012 by tangstein filed under uncategorized leave a comment shake the hand that feeds you posted on september 26 2012 by tangstein even when it s covered with fish guts here s my husband s first attempt at an imovie all about our trip to lummi island to meet the wonderful fishermen and women who provide fish for the aawsm fish buying club that i manage http www youtube com watch v yhvgcnv0r68 a big thank you to dave keith lynne morgan ian connor and tanner for showing us what they do to bring us their delightful salmon you can read more about lummi island wild reefnet salmon on their site and all about our trip in the simply home cooking newsletter what s cooking if you live in the ann arbor area and love wild caugh ocean fish email me about the buying club filed under uncategorized tagged lummi island wild reefnetting leave a comment sugar blues workshop re run posted on september 9 2012 by tangstein if you missed it the first time around don t miss it this time jeri i are re running the sugar blues workshop on saturday september 22 to help us plan please be sure to let us know you re coming rsvp via email to simplyhomecooking at gmail dot com if you know of someone else who might benefit from this fun informative workshop you can send them a link to the flyer or download and print it sugar blues workshop 092212 filed under nutrition tagged sugar addiction leave a comment please join me in my new ad venture posted on march 31 2012 by tangstein filed under nutrition tagged sugar sugar addiction 3 comments next page blogroll civil eats rakishwit simply home cooking sustainability the farmer s marketer wordpress com wordpress org 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