Sunday, January 09, 2011

Blanca's Feast

 Blanca had fun trying out the new mandoline slicer we brought her ~ it'll certainly come in handy

Yesterday our cooking club met for our monthly learning session and pig-out. This time it was at Blanca's house high on a hill overlooking the anchorage (I could see our boat from their deck). Blanca's a traditional Mexican cook who spends days on preparation, and we felt hugely blessed to partake of such a feast. Several of us remarked it was the best Mexican food we'd ever had.

Plus we learned some techniques. But most of them, such as making tamales, looked like way too much work for this bunch of gringas.

Go to our new blog, Chop Chop Cooking Club, for more...

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

if we lived there, i would definitely join that club. i love tamales but you're right, they are a lot of work. my mom used to make them when we were growing up. they are also part of cuban cuisine. i've made several cuban dishes the last few days as matt just moved back from nyc and he loves mom's cooking. of course i made a flan-yum!

read my comment of billieblog to read about our crazy weather.

take care and have a tamal or 2 for me.

teresa

Anonymous said...

Hi Bliss!
Love the new look of the blog!
I see one of my favourite SC ladies in the photo - Veronica!
Can't wait to catch up with you both when I get back. ETA in about a week.
Maria