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Monday, October 31, 2011

Another rockin' course from SFSU's Professor Sarah Josef

School started in August, and the pace has been steadily accelerating since then. With midterms behind me, it is time to catch up a little bit on my food blog, because while my cooking opportunities have diminished somewhat, I have been fortunate enough to cook at school and pick up three units for my effort! 

Lemon souffle
The class, officially classified as HTM-352,  has a great organizational base, and my only complaint is that I don't get to cook every week, as alternating weeks are spent in the campus' restaurant, the Vista Room, which serves a three-course prix fixe menu from 12-1:30pm every week day.


So far this semester I have had the opportunity to cook a few things--salad and dressing, a souffle of corn and cheese and one of lemon and an apple galette--and sample several dozen other items, like soups, sauces, casseroles, custards, puddings, cookies, scones, muffins, and cream puffs. Often times I've been able to compare low-fat or gluten-free preparations side-by-side, which is truly a useful exercise.

This is about the size of a 10" round dinner plate.
Of the few items I've cooked, I must say the lemon souffle and the apple galette were both excellent and exceeded my expectations. The souffle surprised me because I don't typically enjoy things that are "eggy," but this was delightful.

Corn and cheese souffle


















If you'd like the recipe for anything you see, just ask in the comments section, or go to my facebook page, and I'll get it posted ASAP.

The nation's only 100% Native American-owned wine label!

Photo courtesy of PNWG's Facebook page.
 
I recently joined the small but powerful team at Pomo Nation Wine Group (PNWG), the nation's only 100% Native American-owned wine label, as a rep for the San Francisco City area.

I'm really excited, to say the least, because not only is this a fantastic direction for my Incredible Edible Journey, but there could also be some serious professional implications as well! To say the least, the future is exciting.

PNWG has five incredible wines, and instead of trying to tell you myself what they are like, I'll simply refer you to their (well constructed) website: http://www.pomonationwine.com/. I will say, however, that I fell in love with their Cabernet, which is how I got on this whole path in the first place.