Monday, June 14, 2010

The 10 Best Foods for Your Heart

Art Bray has provided the following link for those of us interested in heart health. Go to it to check out the 10 Best Foods for Your Heart with delicious recipes.

Sunday, June 13, 2010

Cooking up a Storm in Oakland







The Oakland Asian Community Center (OACC) presented a series of three cooking classes featuring Tibetan, Filipino and Chinese cuisine. On June 5, Teresa made three different pots of soup and three dishes assisted by fifteen pairs of helping hands.

Teresa attempted a double take on the Fuzzy Melon Soup, making one with a vegetarian stock and the other with a chicken stock prepared from scratch. She also did a double take on a stir-fry, one with meat and the other meatless.

Registered dietitian, Jing Liu, easily provided a Universal sauce for her two dishes and Teresa's microwaved eggplant.

Rice, Tea, and a sweet soup made of purple yam and tapioca rounded off a midday feast for the participants.

Tuesday, June 1, 2010

Asian Pacific Heritage in Locke, CA


Tom Herzog (l), owner of a bookstore in historical Locke, is carrying Teresa's cookbook: A Tradition of Soup: Flavors from China's Pearl River Delta in his store. With them are Liz Wong from Sacramento and Dr. Wu




At the Locke Foundation event on Saturday May 22, Teresa caught up with old writer friends Jeff Gillenkirk (center) and James Motlow (l.), co-authors of Bitter Melon - Stories from the Last Rural Town of America, which is Locke. With them is Lani Ah Tye Farkas, author of Bury My Bones in America, about the Ah Tye family saga.