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.
Monday, June 14, 2010
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.
Monday, May 24, 2010
Dietary Fat
(Source:POS Pilot Plant Corporation)Ever wonder if your cooking oil is good for your health? A chart comparing the content of different kinds of dietary fat in terms of 1. saturated fat 2. Linoleic acid (polyunsaturated , an omega-6 fatty acid) 3. alpha-linolenic acid (polyunstaturated , an omega-3 fatty acid) and 4. oleic acid (monounsaturated, an omega-9 fatty acid) should give us a general idea of which oil contains the least saturated fat and which ones contains the most by percentage.
The ratio of omega-6 to omega-3 intake should be less than 4:1 to avoid deleterious immune/inflammatory-system response triggering arthritis, lupus, and asthma. Excessive amount of omega-6 also "cancels out" the benefits of omega-3 for cardiovascular health, brain health, and cancer protection.
Fats are not assigned recommended daily allowances (RDA's). Instead, acceptable intake (AI) is given. Based on a 2000 calorie diet) AI for total fat intake is 65 grams, with AI for saturated fat to be less than 20 grams. AI for omega-3 fatty acid, according to one source, is 1.6 grams/day fro men and 1.1 grams/day for women.
Please visit Canolainfo.org for more information.
Food and Health - 2010 IACP Conference (April 21-24, 2010)
The IACP (International Association of Culinary Professionals) conference in Portland, Oregon introduced me to many chefs, cookbook writers and nutritionists working in the healthcare or food industries. I even met the Chef MD, Dr. John La Puma.
Within the new culinary order, I'd like to claim Food and Health to be my niche at PCMC.
TMC
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
Teresa's Booksigning on April 10th Chinese American Council of Sacramento
Teresa did an AUTHOR LECTURE followed by booksigning. The photographs are complimentary of Kingman Louie. They show Brenda Fong, President of CACS and Teresa at the podium facing an attentive audience interested in Cantonese roots and soups.
As always, Teresa was assisted by Winnie Wong at the book sale.
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
Stockton California, the Most Obese City?
I was flipping through the local newspaper and found this interesting article from the local newspaper. I read the headline "Come on Stockton, let's ditch the Most Obese City " written by Michael Fitzgerald. Continue on to read article:
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