With Easter Weekend and April fool’s day behind us, it feels as if everything is turning back to normal again.
In this month’s newsletter Cooking Up A Storm is moving from green to pink, with a brand new look. I have also included a new “Recipes” page on my website. My idea is to consolidate all the recipes on my website, whether it’s my own or Carolié de Koster’s, into one central place. Rome wasn’t built in a day, so please bear with me while I am doing it. Starting this month, I will be posting each new recipe as a separate post. Each recipe will be categorized and given tags, which will make finding a specific recipe on my website much easier. You can have a sneak peak by clicking here – more to follow soon! I will also be adding a lot more photo’s of recipes from Carolié recipe book, Art of Cooking.
This month’s recipes is a good mix of easy and not so easy, healthy and not so healthy recipes. Carolié de Koster contributed the following recipes: Dukkah crusted fish portions, Baby marrow and ricotta cheese pie (Art Of Cooking), Seafood Paella (Art Of Cooking), Cloud Nine/Rolled Meringue Roulade (Art Of Cooking) and Mocha Ricotta cheesecake. Read more further down.
Seeing that National Spanish Paella Day was celebrated world-wide on 27 March and Carolié included paella in her selection of recipes, I decided to do a separate post on paella as well as a few of its key ingredients such as saffron and paprika. Read more further down. In Carolié’s words: “Global cuisines continue to gain popularity beyond their countries of origin. By allowing it into your kitchen you can keep your cooking relevant to the increasing diversity, experience the pleasure of world wide home cooking and discover new authentic flavour combinations! Art of Cooking is a treasure chest of global cuisine recipes”. See the Art Of Cooking Menu’s on my website for more information.
My “Ek het dit self gemaak/I made it myself!” holiday cooking class for kids took place on the 26th of March. For those of you who couldn’t attend this class, be sure to book for my next holiday cooking class. It will take place on Friday afternoon 26 April from 13:30. (I am not available on the 27th anymore!) Bookings will close on Monday 15 April. Please see my website for more details. I believe when kids cook, they think to themselves: “I can do this!” which builds their self-esteem while they learn new cooking skills. If you would like to book an “Ek het dit self gemaak/I made it myself!” cooking party for your child’s next birthday party, secure the date with me as soon as possible to avoid disappointment. Read more further down. See my advertisement in the May Issue of Child Magazine. Read more further down.
I specialize in tailor-made cooking lessons – whether for yourself or your domestic worker. This is what one of my clients had to say after I trained her domestic worker: “Jeanri is extremely professional, comes fully prepared for every lesson and puts every effort into making sure that your domestic worker learns to cook. She even spent time with mine, teaching her maths so that she could halve recipes, double up on portions etc. Jeanri goes shopping on your behalf and makes sure that you have everything you need for a lesson, even down to the equipment needed in the kitchen so that there is no delay in lesson time. Everything she taught Fredah to cook has been delicious and we have used her recipes over and over. My domestic worker has gained a lot of confidence in the kitchen. Jeanri ensures that your domestic is able to write up a shopping list, keep to excellent hygiene standards in the kitchen, cook, bake, and tidy up properly afterwards. Definitely money well spent, I can only highly recommend her.” Kelly, Parkview. Read more further down.
Please visit Cooking Up A Storm’s Facebook page for photo’s of past culinary events as well as details of upcoming culinary events.
In this newsletter:
- April 2013 Recipes
- National Spanish Paella Day
- Cooking Parties For Kids
- Feedback: Hostex Gauteng 2013
- Review: Magnolia Bake & Cake
- Culinary Tour To Normandy & Paris – September 2013
- Private Cooking Lessons In Your Own Kitchen
- Cooking Up A Storm’s Services
Happy cooking!
Jeanri
Note: Please click on each heading to read the full post.
With autumn in full swing, this month’s selection of recipes includes a fish dish, a savoury pie, paella, hot and cold desserts and home-made dukkah. Be sure to have a look at the post on National Spanish Paella Day for more info about the origin of this popular one-pot dish.
Paella, pronounced pi-AY-yuh, is a Spanish dish of saffron-flavored rice combined with a variety of meats and shellfish, i.e. chicken, pork, chorizo, rabbit, snails, prawns and mussels. Other ingredients are garlic, onions, sweet peppers, peas, artichoke hearts and tomatoes can also be added. It is named after the special wide, shallow, two-handled pan called a “paellera’ in which it is traditionally cooked over an open fire or gas burner.
When booking a cooking party for your child, you have the option to choose the language in which the party will be conducted, i.e. ”Ek het dit self gemaak!” or ”I made it myself!“. The parties can take place on-site, i.e. at your house or venue (like a club house or lapa) or at one of my venues.
The 2013 Hostex Gauteng took place from 17 to 19 March 2013 at the Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg. It is regarded as Africa’s leading international hospitality and catering trade exhibition which gives people from the industry (and others!) a chance to network and to source products. Hostex Gauteng attracts on average 220 exhibitors and 11 500 visitors from across South Africa and neighbouring countries per exhibition.
The first time I came across a cake by Magnolia Bake & Cake was when I did a Master Chef-themed Birthday party for siblings Giselle (9) and Julian (6) at the beginning of March this year. The cake looked like a creation straight out of Food Network Challenge! (see photo below). How cute are the miniature kitchen utensils and food!
Culinary Tour To France – September 2013
This unique tour to France, will combine two of life’s great pleasures – food and travel. While eating and drinking your way through France, you will also have the opportunity to immerse yourself in the cuisine, history and culture of France. All you need to do to secure your place is to pay a deposit of R3000.00 per person.
Private Cooking Lessons In Your Own Kitchen
If planning meals and cooking for your family is driving you up the wall, and you would like to hand the responsibility over to your nanny or domestic worker, all you need to do is tell me when and where. You will not only empower your employee, you will have time on your hands to do other things! The lessons will take place in your own kitchen and are tailor-made to your preferences, i.e. your domestic worker will learn to make recipes that you love to eat!
Tailor-made private cooking lessons – in your own kitchen! For yourself, your kids, your domestic worker or nanny.
- Cookery demonstrations on a variety of topics (in your own house if you prefer!)
- Cooking classes and parties for kids in Afrikaans or English
- Hands-on cookery sessions for social or corporate events or staff training
- Recipe development
- Consulting to Guest Houses, coffee shops, etc.
- Motivational talks and individual consultations on healthy eating
- Weekly or monthly healthy meal plans with grocery lists for the busy cook
- Supplier of a variety of quality cooking utensils & equipment, e.g. Wizbake reusable baking sheets, silicone bakeware, etc.
- Kitchen accessory, bakeware and gadget demonstrations.