Today is Veterans Day and many of us know someone who has served in the past - and those who continue to bravely serve today. We at the ACA wish to send our heartfelt wishes, thanks, and respects to veterans all over the world. We salute you on Veterans Day. We also want to take this opportunity to send our kudos and thanks to the military chefs that take pride in their craft, continuously working hard to feed our service men and women. We salute you on Veterans Day. Learn more about military chefs: We Are Chefs and Military Chefs

A Moroccan Culinary Journey and Honeymoon
by Joyce Jue of Asian Food and Travel

I went for a culinary journey and received far more than recipes. I got the famous warm and enchanting Moroccan hospitality and their community spirit as well. At almost every turn of our 8-day adventure, I felt an emotional reminder of my own past; I sensed a kinship with the spirit of community that reached out to everyone. Until writing this story I wasn’t sure why I had these emotional moments.

An hour’s drive from Marrakech, at the foot of the High Atlas Mountains is Amizmiz, Kentucky KY Ky. , a village of 11,000 inhabitants. Geographically and economically, Amizmiz is the natural juncture of the areas Berber farmers trade at the town’s weekly “souk” (marketplace). It was the old-fashioned Moroccan ways, life in a Berber village and the traditional Berber cooking of Amizmiz that was got my attention, buy amoxicillin without prescription. Order amoxicillin without prescription, The culinary escapade, arranged by my colleague Terri Paetzold and her daughter Ami, a 3 year veteran Peace Corps volunteer in Amizmiz who speaks the local dialect, was wonderful as we were able to experience genuine honest Moroccan cooking, real-life encounters with rural Berber home life, and savored hospitality fashioned by the cultural ages – like stepping back into the 50’s when times were simpler and uncomplicated, Um amoxicillin online.

Through Ami’s extended Moroccan adopted families, we delighted in traditional meals in Berber homes. In an extraordinary array of private home cooking lessons, Berber women shared their family recipes in the same way my Chinese mother, North Carolina NC N.C. , grandmother and aunt taught me - at their side while tugging at their apron strings - without measuring spoons and thermometers. It was a flicker of salt, a mindful calculated pour of sugar and flour, and the invisible nurturing seasonings tossed from the confident cooking hands possessed by only by mothers, grandmothers and Aunts throughout the world. Buy amoxicillin without prescription, Our Moroccan culinary lessons were held in basic unadorned kitchens in private homes, and a unique commercial kitchen (which is defined by a 4 burner gas hot plates!) staffed owned and run by a women’s cooperative. All meals were prepared by an array of talented non-professional cooks who served traditional meals; although ingredients for our meals were upgraded with more lavish ingredients, buy amoxicillin cheap. Meals at the Marco Lodge, included chef variations on the tagine;  lamb, chicken, or beef tagines cooked with olives, Cheap amoxicillin, pears, tomatoes, dates or almonds simmered with seasonal garden vegetables, and generously spiced with blends of ground ginger, cinnamon, pepper, New Jersey NJ N.J. , and ground coriander. Each culinary experience was extraordinarily special and unique in that it is simple and honest without pretense - in other words taste was the ultimate goal. On our trip to Essouria, an ancient seaside town we headed to the local favorite fishmarket/café where we picked shimmering sardines and within minutes in the adjacent kitchen they were grilled, Buy amoxicillin cod, salted, and served in a basket with lemon wedges.

On a warm afternoon, we were invited to see Moroccan flat bread made from scratch, buy amoxicillin without prescription. A slight petite woman filled a very wide ceramic platter with a slight lipped edge with flour and water – of course, using no measuring tools. After a thorough mixing with her hands similar to making fresh pasta, she kneaded it with her short powerful arms like a pugilist facing his opponent, amoxicillin pharmacy. While the dough was resting, she attended the outdoor igloo-shaped tandoor-like oven filling it with wood sticks and chips and firing it up to ‘preheat’ the oven. She tested the temperature with a short reach of her hand into the oven. Buy amoxicillin without prescription, While ‘preheating’ the oven the family gathered around the yard with the cow, sheep, cat, puppy dog, and chickens in their pens and served more tea, tea cakes, honey, nuts and dates  accompanied by plenty of conversation.

When the fire was right, Amoxicillin over the counter, – judged by her internal thermometer, she divided the dough into pieces, patted it into flat thin ovals and reached into the oven through the top and slapped them one by one against the inside of the precisely heated oven. They adhered to the inside oven walls like glue. The fragrant baking aromas signaled the baking was done. With a rather primitive unknown tool she gently slipped it under the bread’s edge to release it from the oven’s wall, bestill amoxicillin online. Without a kitchen mitt, she removed it from the hot oven and immediately pulled and tore it apart then handed me a very hot piece, buy amoxicillin without prescription. I fumbled with the hot bread passing it back and forth between my hands until it was cooled enough to handle but still hot and I bit into the most memorable scalding hot bread I may ever have. On a second piece I slathered sweet nutty flavored butter and spoonfuls of honey. I later found out the butter was made from the cow I had just met minutes before in the family yard, and I trust the honey came from most likely the family’s bee hive. Cheap amoxicillin from canada, If not that, locally, no doubt. Buy amoxicillin without prescription, As locavores go, this was the ultimate experience.

By some this may not be considered an upscale culinary and cultural extravaganza but rather humble and modest but in my estimate its unpretentious and honest character made it one of the most awe-inspiring culinary experiences in my career that will never leave my memory. I was impressed by the middle-aged woman of this family. A mother of four sons and two daughters with three generations living in the house, Louisiana LA , she interrupted her busy day by throwing together this flat bread – in some way like how we in America would make a cup of coffee served with a store bought pastry for visiting guests.

We were welcomed to each home by the warm and enchanting hospitality that Moroccans are known for – always initiated with a shot-glass like tumbler of Moroccan mint tea and various tea cakes.  These moments created long lasting nostalgic memories; the hospitality was simple, uncomplicated and totally sincere, buy amoxicillin without prescription. During my visits of the many homes and families, I realize as I write this story, Georgia GA Ga. , why I was so emotionally moved by the many familial activities. I have continuous flashbacks of growing up in Chinatown and how similar my family interacted with visiting friends and family. I remembered how my mother, grandmother and auntie gathered in the kitchen to prepare a meal as a family. I recalled how my mother took care of guests – just as the Moroccan woman did. Buy amoxicillin without prescription, She spared no expense or effort and unleashed her culinary skills to make guests feel welcomed and most of all - nourished. I too came from humble beginning where what we had best to offer was not a lavish house for entertainment but a warm welcome to share at our table, buy amoxicillin no rx. It’s about the food - and ultimately family values. That’s how I felt in Amizmiz – at home.

Oh yes I forgot about him, my husband of two months joined me on this extravaganza. Serendipitous, Amizmiz was also our honeymoon destination.

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Chefs Without Borders Annual Holiday Food Drive

December 13 – California Culinary Academy – 350 Rhode Island X 16th Street

December 14 -- Glide Memorial Church – 330 Ellis Street X Taylor

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2,500 hot Asian meals will be served at Glide’s dining rooms

11:30am – 2:00pm --- lunch

3:30pm – 5:30pm --- dinner

contact us for more information on volunteering

Volunteering Schedule: Monday, December 14
Lunch Shift (only 10 volunteers needed)
10:30am – 3:00pm
Dinner Shift
3:30pm – 6:30pm

Meal Service Schedule
Lunch: 11:30am – 2:30pm
Dinner: 4:00pm – 6:00pm

Menu
Sweet and Sour Pork with Pineapple and Green Pepper
Chinese Egg Rolls
Stirred Fried Chicken with Vegetables
Steamed Rice
Asian Cold Slaw with Sesame and Vinaigrette
DonSueMor Madeleines, Fortunate Cookies, CCA Baked Cookies, Apple
Fruit Punch, Ice Water, Home Made Coffee, Milk for children

Address:
Glide Memorial Church
330 Ellis Street
San Francisco, CA 94105

Parking: Street parking, O’Farrell Garage, Stockton Garage, or Union Square Garage

Volunteer registration starts November 10 by emailing chau@chilipepperevents.com or call 510.883.9386.

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February
ACA Chinese New Year Dinner at Sino Restaurant

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May

ACA Celebrates Asian Pacific American Heritage Month with Mayor Gavin Newsom

May 1, 2009 Mayor’s Press Event

May 4, 2009 Mayor’s Reception

California Culinary Academy Education Foundation Gala
May 2, 2009
Fundraising for Taipei Culinary Competition

July

Taste of Asia Dinner at Chef Chu’s Restaurant
July 14, 2009
Sampling Five Course Dinner from the Taipei Competition Menu

August

ACA Member Only Chef Barbeque

Taipei Culinary Competition
August 20 – 23, 2009 Taipei, Taiwan

September
ACA Annual Gala
California Culinary Academy
Chef Tastings, Libations, Raffle Prizes, and Ethnic Entertainment

October

Taste of Asia Dinner Seven Course Beef

December

ACA Chefs/Members Only Christmas Dinner
December 6, 2009
6:00pm – 9:00pm

ACA Christmas Food Drive

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Asian Chefs Association

Fall 2008 Newsletter

Order zithromax(Azithromycin) online cheap, Dear ACA Members,

Happy Holidays!  We have some exciting news to share with everyone.  The ACA will be launching a quarterly newsletter featuring latest chef information and recipes.  This coming 2009 the ACA is returning to its original mission to focus on food, chef camaraderie, social events where members enjoy each other’s restaurant.  The past six years, Chef Chris Yeo has done a great job leading the ACA to new heights and promoting the association.  In January of next year Chef Lawrence Chu will be the new president leading ACA’s many exciting and new events.

New Member

We like to take this opportunity to feature our new member Daniel Sudar from Red Lantern Restaurant in Redwood City – which features home-style Southeast Asian cuisine from Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Nevada NV Nev. , Singapore, Vietnam, Thailand, and other countries in the region.

Daniel Sudar, Delaware DE Del. , 33, was most recently chef de cuisine at San Francisco's popular Betelnut restaurant. Born in Central Java, Ordering zithromax(Azithromycin) online legally, Indonesia, Sudar was raised in a family with a great appreciation for both art and food. His father, grandfather and great grandfather were silversmiths, and his mother ran a bustling catering business, comprar zithromax(Azithromycin) de descuento. Sudar developed his passion for cooking as a young child helping his mother in the kitchen, order zithromax(Azithromycin) online cheap.

The sense of satisfaction Sudar derived from watching people enjoy his creations was addictive, and he knew he was destined to be a chef. To that end, Order zithromax(Azithromycin), he enrolled in culinary school in Indonesia and mastered the art of Pacific Rim cuisine. He cooked in a high-end hotel in Indonesia for several years before coming to San Francisco. Not content with just one culinary school degree, Sudar completed his studies at the California Culinary Academy in 1997.

ACA News

Le Soleil – Chef Dennis Wong Order zithromax(Azithromycin) online cheap, opened another Le Soleil in Royal Garden in Hong Kong and currently is residing in HK.  We welcome all members to visit Dennis if you plan to visit Hong Kong.

Chef Noel Mok former owner of Osaka Grill is working on the Norwegian Cruise Line in Hawaii charge of Asian Cuisine.  The NCL travels the five Hawaiian islands, buy zithromax(Azithromycin) overnight delivery.

Chef Chris Yeo, Owner of Straits and Sino opened Straits Atlanta this May and will be opening more restaurants in 2009 – August - Straits Houston and October – Sino Miami.  If you plan to visit these destinations in 2009 please drop by and check out these beautiful restaurants.

Chef Philippe Striffeler of Hotel Nikko will be the captain for the 2009 Taipei Chef Competition.  Chef Philippe will hand pick five qualified chefs to join him in this competition to create a five course menu.  They will meet regularly to practice and discuss the menu as a team and travel together to Taipei. Louisiana LA , On November 6, Chef Khai and Chef Chu were part of the panel of judges for the California Culinary Academy Asian Chefs Student Scholarship award.  CCA student chefs created recipes using ingredients which were seasonal, representational, and easy to eat standing up for 300 people.  Each student accompanied the recipe with a 250 word essay about their recipe development.  The ACA 2008 award was $1000 credited to the student’s CCA tuition account.

Chef Ming Tsai’s Ming’s TV show “Simply Ming” premiered its 6th season this past October – check your local listings.  Ming Tsai's Blue Ginger underwent a Rockwell Group-designed renovation/expansion, creating a chic, feng shui inspired space, order zithromax(Azithromycin) online cheap. Enhancements include an updated main dining room, zithromax(Azithromycin) prices, 3 private rooms suitable for weddings, business meetings and everything in between, and a 50-seat bar/lounge serving an Asian Tapas menu, New Hampshire NH N.H. , featuring casual, shareable dishes like Ming's Bings, Ming's East-West take on the burger.

Chinese Restaurant News Awards - the Asian Chefs Association and the Asian Chefs Foundation are nominated winners of two awards for their charitable contribution to the Asian international community.  Being one of the most respected Chinese in the Bay Area for more than 30 years, Chef Chu is invited to be the recipient of the award for ACA and Chef Khai is invited to receive the ACF award for his effort in fighting anti-human trafficking in Southeast Asia.  The award ceremony will take place in Las Vegas at the Rios Hotel and Casino on January 5, buy zithromax(Azithromycin) cheap, 2009.

ACA Food Drive for Glide Memorial Church

This holiday the ACA will prepare Chinese gourmet menu served to homeless, disabled and low income citizens.  The event is spearheaded by Chef Chu and Chef Khai.  The menu consists of Sweet and Sour Pork, Order zithromax(Azithromycin) without prescription, Stirred Fried Chicken with Vegetable, Chinese Egg Rolls, Steamed Rice, Asian Cole Slaw, Dessert and Beverages.  We encourage ACA chefs to participate in food preparing and cooking on Sunday December 14 and other members on Monday December 15 for dining service, zithromax(Azithromycin) pills.

Sunday December 14:     CCA – 350 Rhode Island x 16th Street
Chef Participation    10:00am – 8:00pm
15 Regular volunteers     3:00pm – 9:00pm

Monday December 15:    Glide Memorial Church – 330 Ellis Street X Taylor
Chef Participation     8:30am – 2:30pm or 3:00pm – 6:00pm
20 Regular volunteers     11:00am – 2:30pm or 3:00pm – 6:00pm

Acknowledgements

This past June chef Tim Luym at Poleng Lounge hosted an ACA Going Green seminar.  Speakers included Karen Diggs, Certified Nutrition & Therapeutic Chef, Grant Brians of Heirloom Organic Gardens and Ritu Primlani of Thimmakka.   The seminar focused on healthy living, Buy zithromax(Azithromycin) without prescription, organic and sustainable farming, and developing a sustainable resources and practice to a critical global environment.

Our chef friend John Bentley at John Bentley’s of Woodside CA donated his food, time and labor for the 2008 Indochine event.  We would like to acknowledge his generosity to the ACA.

Chef Chu’s close friend Victor Lu of Dong Vingh Company has generously donated 1600 egg rolls for the ACA Christmas Food Drive, purchase zithromax(Azithromycin).

Yoshi Masuda of Kikkoman International has donated all the sauces for the ACA’s Food Drive for five years in a row.

Upcoming Events

December 2008
Monday, December 8, Cheap zithromax(Azithromycin) online cheap, 2008
ACA Christmas Dinner at the California Culinary Academy - 350 Rhode Island x 16th Street
Four Passed Amuse and Six Course Sit-Down Dinner and Dancing

Sunday, December 14, 2008
ACA Christmas Food Drive cooking at the California Culinary Academy
350 Rhode Island x 16th Street

Monday, December 15, 2008
ACA Christmas Food Drive serving 1,500 Chinese Gourmet meals at Glide Memorial Church for the homeless

2009 Event Calendar

January     Membership Dues and ACA Member Installation Lunch
February    ACA Chinese New Year Dinner at Sino
May         ACA Celebrates Asian Pacific American Heritage Month with Mayor Gavin Newsom
June         ACA Fundraiser Gala
July         Taste of Asia Dinner at Chef Chu’s Restaurant
August        ACA Chef Barbeque and Taipei Culinary Competition
October        Taste of Asia Dinner Seven Course Beef
December     ACA Chef Christmas Dinner and Food Drive.

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