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Eleanor Hoh

Veggies and Venza

July 1, 2009 By Eleanor Hoh Leave a Comment

Test driving a Toyota Venza, vroom, vroom gets you a beautiful Boos chopping board and a huge, lovely hessian shopping bag.

Wow, this board is solid, weighs a ton, so I’m not going to move it. It’s perfect for taking my food shots, so now I have a permanent space for it. This is the setup for the Pineapple, Mango Salsa I made for Fourth of July celebrations.

Problem with holding events outdoors in Florida is you’re at the mercy of the weather. It rained on and off all afternoon, so it was surprising there was even a crowd. But guess whenever there’s free food, you’ll get the crowds. It was nice to spend time with Paula of mangoandlime. She wrote a more descriptive, foodie blog with photos from the event.

This is ratatouille and goat cheese croquette from Chef Xavier.

Bella Cuba’s avocado and tomatoes on top of a corn crunchy, much better description by Paula!

Dean Richardson of Tropical Treescapes Inc. likes to grow veggies that are unusual. Never seen red yard long beans. Some of the chefs were using his veggies. Maybe we can get him to bring some to one of my Wok Star cooking classes and cook them?

It was wonderful to see how the chefs came up with their dishes, especially Chef Marcelo from Le Cordon Bleu. Here’s the Deconstructed Salad.

For me, gourmet food is best left to restaurant chefs who have sous chefs to assist them and can source specialty items from purveyors. I met a very nice Cordon Bleu student, who is Jamaican Chinese, always find it fascinating the mix of cultures and cuisines.

Going out to eat means two things to me – either savoring unique, off the wall dishes which tend to be on the expensive side or enjoying well prepared food at reasonable prices. I am going to post about a few soon because people keep asking me.

His liquid nitrogen, smokin’ Deconstructed Salad was a show stopper.

Different stages of his Deconstructed Salad.

Whenever you ate a dish, you got a stamp in your “Passport” and after 3 stamps, you get a nice potted h
erb plant. Ralph and I managed to get a mint and parsley. I mentioned Claire Tomlin’s The Market Company in Organic and Farmer’s Market, they were responsible for organizing this event and think they did a great job, considering the rain.

We had Claire on our TV show: Open to the Public, years ago when Ralph and I used to produce TV shows on Miami Beach. Yes, another hat I used to wear and would like to get back into it, well, not the producing so much but appearing. You can see an excerpt of me interviewing a chef, scroll down to bottom of my BIO.

Mis en place on one of those beautiful Boos chopping boards!
Grimpa’s croquettes. I was too full to have any.

Adriana in Surfside’s Tilapia ceviche.

All in all, it was a nice way to spend a rainy afternoon. We also got to spend time with friends and their grandkids who enjoyed the Florida rain. You’ll see them at my Fourth of July Celebrations.

Filed Under: cooking, farmers market, food, Lincoln Road, Toyota Venza

Father's Day Gift Idea

June 18, 2009 By Eleanor Hoh 3 Comments

SHIN
4500 Biscayne Blvd, #200, Midtown Miami, FL 33137


Dads can be Wok Stars too!


For this Father’s Day, I want to thank my Dad for giving me the gift of teaching my cooking style to people around the world!

Show your appreciation for your Dad and treat him to my Wok Star Cooking Class he’ll treasure for the rest of his life!

Just a bit of background about my Dad’s cooking style…
My Dad and Mom’s cooking styles were very different. Mom is a home cook and I learned to cook from her but my Dad had a unique style all of his own. He had a repertoire of a few dishes but REALLY made them well. He was very eccentric and used expensive gourmet ingredients that would give my Mom heart palpitations. Oops, that’s another blog for another time, nudge me to write it.

Great Father’s Day Gift Idea…
Wok Star Cooking Class with Eleanor Hoh
A perfect combination of socializing, entertainment and learning

Wednesday, June 24 : 7pm-10pm
$55 per person

4 dishes paired with
Gancia Prosecco (new sponsor), Tiger Beer and Fiji Water

EXTRA HIGHLIGHT: Sifu Chad Bailey will give us his take on Chinese herbs

SHIN
Few spaces left, first come, first served basis…

Reservations and prepayment required
Click to book your class, buy a gift certificate and view menu

Crash course in recipe-free, stir fry technique to make weeknight, quick, easy, healthy, delicious, sizzling wok meals in a lightweight, cast iron wok with little cleanup. Get tips on how to organize ingredients, work-space and get the scoop on Asian ingredients and where to find them.

Wok Star Kits will be available so you and your Dad can go home and start being Wok Stars right away!
OR if your Dad is not in Miami, gift him the Kit which has my complete cooking classes and the wok set, EASY.

Thanks to Gancia Prosecco, Tiger Beer and Fiji Water for providing pairings to go with my dishes, they add a nice touch to my event and my guests and I appreciate it.

Filed Under: cooking class, Eleanor Hoh, Father's Day, Gift, Wok Star

Healthy and Delicious Snack Tip

June 9, 2009 By Eleanor Hoh 9 Comments

Here’s a delicious and healthy snack that Ralph and I always have about an hour prior to going to bed. I always have a platter with a variety of fresh fruit so it’s easy to make dessert.

When fruits are in season and in abundance, go get some! Recently strawberries were $4 or 5 pints! I freeze some and have fresh with oatmeal for breakfast cooked in my wok. We cook nearly everything in my cast iron wok which sits conveniently on my portable butane gas stove right on top of my electric coil. We never put ours away because if you don’t see it, you won’t use it.


We call it our “mini-meal”, I have low sugar, inherited from my mom who has diabetes and my brother passed away from it. Over the years, I have donated a lot of WokStar cooking class certificates to the local Diabetes Research Institute and also invited many of the staff to attend. I hope they will be able to spread the word that having diabetes does not have to be doom and gloom. There are many quick, healthy, delicious foods we can eat. My doctor is pleased that my “diet” is so good that I don’t need to be on drugs. I wrote a whole page about Health and Diet on my website.

I have to keep topped up but not with just fruit because it’s all sugar. So, I was surprised and disappointed to see at local fundraising festivals, the Junior Diabetes booth was selling CANDY or cakes and said so. With childhood obesity such a huge problem, I am flabberghasted to read constantly in the papers chefs teaching kids how to bake cookies and cakes.

What works for me is balancing fruit with protein, otherwise you have a sugar high and deep dip. If I don’t have this, I’m “starving” in the middle of the night and my tummy growls so loud, it wakes me up.

I add protein powder (Wholefoods brand is cheapest) and / or textured protein (bulk section at Wholefoods), then top with dollop of Cabot’s Greek Style yogurt (has live active cultures, good for building up immune system, available at Publix and most supermarkets). I just discovered Cabot and love this, it’s very creamy like double cream in England. Also, I feel like I’m supporting the dairy farmers in Vermont, cause it’s owned by them, so show your support and try it.


Not done yet, add liberal sprinkling of ground flax seed (I grind myself, otherwise it’s indigestible) which is good fiber, hit of granola (get bulk at Wholefoods, much cheaper than packaged), a few toasted almonds (I toast our own from Costco) for crunch, sometimes also add quinoa flakes and viola. We look forward to this every night.

Filed Under: Cabot, diabetes, fruits, healthy, snack, yogurt

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