Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Restaurants Chinese Southern Belles plan free cooking demos
Posted by Cliff Bostock @cliffbostock on Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 5:42 PM
Those wacky Chinese Southern Belles are doing a series of 20-minute, free cooking demos at Buford Highway Farmers Market (5600 Buford Hwy., Doraville, just outside I-285), starting this Saturday. You can see them at 1, 2, 3 and 4 p.m. Here's the topic lineup for the first four demos:
Nov. 14 - Express Sushi (veggie only or with fish)
Nov. 21 - Eggrolls 'n' Springrolls
Dec. 5 - Asian Noodle Crazy
Dec. 12 - Fusion Favorites
Check out their website for more details.
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However, they seem to be real Chinese people. Authenticity, ya know. Might learn a thing or two.
But they are people who are dedicated to fusing two cuisines. Professional chefs or not, they should be respected for the chance they want to teach a different way to look at pair of cultures.
Hey, let's all frickin' argue about it. Go or don't go. Who cares? Just shut the hell up! This is why I rarely go to newspaper sites - the comments are just irritating. Alright, I'm done with my rant.
I may make a point of going now, just because of malcolm and foodieman's nasty attitudes. I think it's cool the Chinese Southern Belles want to share their culture, and clearly they take joy in it. Thanks foodieman and malcolm. You are motivating people to attend!
I don't know how you say "oy" in Chinese, but...oy! If you visit the mother-daughter team's website, you'll find that Margaret, the mother, certainly is quite credentialed as a chef: "Margaret taught the first adult education Chinese cooking class in Atlanta in 1978, “before soy sauce was available in a regular grocery.” She also co-owned and ran the first full-service Chinese restaurant opened in a mall. Her repertoire included “Ginger Beef with Rice-a-Roni,” “Braised Rutabaga with Black-eyed Peas” and “Hot Hunan Catfish.” She also taught school. Daughter Natalie is a graduate of Vassar and holds a master's degree from Harvard. So both women are educators interested in cross-cultural phenomena. Their website: http://www.chinesesouthernbelle.com/
Do you really need a chef certification to teach others how to cook? Most of the great cooking in history has been done by women in the household, and 99% of the time it tastes better than in a restaurant. And they almost never get the credit a male chef in a resturant gets. My mom and grandmother are still the two best chefs I know. My guess is that certified chefs would learn something from these two, because it seems that Chinese Southern Belle is about creativity and fusion - pretty relevant stuff.
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