Once in a while, I attend an event or meet a Chef that inspires me to learn something new — and that once in a while happened last Sunday. The event was a cooking demonstration on sustainable seafood at 18 Reasons, and the Chef was Becky Selengut. In just a couple of hours, she showed us how to prepare 3… Read more →
Stories
My Zen Kitchen Project
What makes a kitchen Zen-like? There is of course, the Buddha on the window, watching over the coffee bar. But for me, the true Zen of the kitchen has two parts: space and time. That is, how the space is physically set up or organized, and the timing or flow of the events when I cook. This is the story… Read more →
What It Means To Be Peruvian
What defines a culture? Is it the people? Their food? Their music? Those are some of the questions explored by the new documentary showcasing Peru’s identity to the world. Or in this case, to the city of Peru in Nebraska, where, as the narrator of the documentary claims, the townspeople are Peruvian, but they don’t know what it means to… Read more →
Mole de Pollo for Cinco de Mayo
What better way to celebrate Cinco de Mayo than with the national dish of Mexico — Mole de Pollo has it all, hot chili peppers, savory spices, plus chocolate and a hint of sweetness, all slowed cooked with chicken to yield one of the most complex and delicious sauces I have ever tasted. What does this dish have to do… Read more →
Peruvian Food Documentary Wins Best Foreign Film Award
This week I was delighted to learn that another documentary about Peruvian food was awarded a prize. “Mistura, The Power of Food” is a short film about the Mistura food festival in Peru and it received Best Short Foreign Documentary at the International Family Film Festival in Hollywood, CA. Read more →