Culture Kitchen

I heard this story a few days ago on NPR and thought it one of the best I've ever heard. I got such a lift out of someone bringing out the culinary cultural traditions of our immigrant groups.

The founder of the school uses networking to seek out people who do a certain type of dish particularly well. Then she asks these cooks to do a lesson on how to prepare that dish at her school. A side benefit is that the instructors meet people outside of their cultural group. I also like the idea that "word-of-mouth" is used to locate good cooks.

Here's the link to the story and I urge you to listen to it, not just read it. There are some photos at the link, too. I assure you that this will give you a bright spot in your day!

http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2012/03/24/148745237/cooking-school-spreads-immigrants-skills-and-ethnic-recipes


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