The Culinary Institute of America

China: Part 32: A Visit to a Hong Kong Culinary School

With its booming restaurant industry, Hong Kong has an insatiable need for trained cooks. Young people who want to enter the culinary world have another educational option at Hong Kong’s Hospitality Industry Training and Development Centre, a sister program to the Chinese Cuisine Training Institute but with a Western focus.
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China: Part 12: A Sichuanese Banquet with Chef Yu Bo

No visit to the Sichuan region would be complete without experiencing a formal banquet. Yu Bo is one of China’s most talented culinarians. He serves a parade of little dishes—many rich in symbolism and presented in elegant serving pieces—leaving no doubt that the Sichuan table ranks among the world’s most sophisticated.
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China: Part 16: A Culinary Demonstration in the Kitchens of Yue Shen Zhai Restaurant

The food served at Beijing’s Yue Shen Zhai Restaurant today is probably very close to what the emperors might have eaten. A Yue Shen Zhai chef shows us how to make a simmered beef dish with a mix of spices that demonstrates the area’s Muslim influences.
 
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A Peruvian Harvest Feast: The Pachamanca

The Incas considered the fertile valley of the Urubamba River to be a sacred place. One legend claims that the sun refreshes itself at night in the chilly waters underneath the river. The lush grasslands of this high plateau support sheep and grain production, and the mountain backdrop provides the ideal setting for an authentic pachamanca, or Andean pit roast. Usually undertaken at harvest time, as a thank-you to Pacha Mama, or Mother Earth, a full-scale pachamanca, is a major endeavor that engages the entire community. For his visiting American guests, Chef Pio Vasquez of El Huacatay restaurant in the town of Urubamba has orchestrated a pachamanca out of season, on a friend’s farm in the picturesque Sacred Valley.
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Cooking in the Peruvian Andes

The majestic Peruvian Andes stretch the length of Peru and have witnessed the rise and fall of many civilizations. By 3000 BC, highlanders were cultivating a wide range of crops in this difficult landscape—hardy, life-sustaining foods such as gourds, corn, potatoes and quinoa. Potatoes provide the foundation of the Andean diet, and varieties number in the thousands. A stroll through the Cusco market provides a glimpse of the tantalizing potato options: at some stalls, the selections extend almost as far as the eye can see.
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Culinary Treasures of the Amazon

On the eastern slopes of the Andes is a Peru that few people know. Far from the bustling streets of the capital, the vast Amazonian jungle teems with tropical fruits, vegetables, herbs and spices that remain to be discovered. Botanists say that this lush, remote paradise contains more than 500 types of fruit, most of which never make it to Lima’s markets. At Malabar restaurant in Lima, chef Pedro Miguel Schiaffino has made it his mission to introduce Peruvians to the Amazon’s wealth of ingredients.
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Peru’s Asian Infusion: Influences from China and Japan

The multicultural stew that is modern Peru gets much of its spice from two waves of immigration—the Chinese in the mid-19th century, and the Japanese at the turn of the 20th century. These two immigrant groups have put down roots, and their descendants are fully integrated into Peruvian life. But at the table and in markets, such as Lima’s Central Market, the Asian impact is hard to miss.
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Peru‘s Pisco

Pisco is the clear brandy that Peruvians have enjoyed for 450 years. Through the popularity of the refreshing pisco sour, a lime-laced drink known in bars everywhere, pisco is enjoying some well-deserved fame. But as Peruvians know, this sophisticated brandy is far more than just a mixer. Made only in a limited coastal area of Peru according to strict regulations, it has all the elegance and polish of French Cognac. Johnny Schuler is the president of the Pisco Tasters Guild and widely considered to be the world’s leading expert. According to Schuler, Peruvians owe this beloved beverage to the requirements of the Catholic Church.
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