Americans Develop a Taste for Cooking, Even If Just on TV
26 December 2010
ShaJudy Harris teaches cooking classes in her home in Alexandria, Virginia.
FAITH LAPIDUS: Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English. I'm Faith Lapidus.
STEVE EMBER: And I'm Steve Ember. This week on our program: Americans sink their teeth into cooking.
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JUDY HARRIS: "The secret here is actually to cut them on the thin side. Some people say you have to be able to read a newspaper through it."
FAITH LAPIDUS: Judy Harris is cutting a cucumber. She was a restaurant chef. Now she teaches cooking classes at her home in Alexandria, Virginia. Tonight her students are learning to cook Thai food.
JUDY HARRIS: "Which is the hottest part of the chili?"
STUDENTS: "Seeds."
JUDY HARRIS: "You got it."
STEVE EMBER: Judy Harris keeps her classes small. That way she can provide more personal attention. She charges seventy-five dollars for one night to learn how to prepare a full meal.
On this night the class is making a cucumber salad, chicken satay with spicy peanut sauce and stir-fried beef with graprao basil. Also on the menu: Thai shrimp curry with pineapple over jasmine rice. And, for dessert, the students are making ginger ice cream.
After the cooking is done, they sit down to enjoy their creation.
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