Another Cooking Workshop Last Night

Yesterday we had our third cooking night of the semester, and again everything went well, just a few little mishaps....Two more to go!

Culture Days in Winnipeg this Weekend

Join Canadians in hundreds of cities and towns across the country during the third annual Culture Days weekend! 

The third annual Culture Days weekend will take place September 28, 29 and 30, 2012, and will feature thousands of free, hands-on, interactive activities that invite the public to participate “behind-the-scenes,” to discover the world of artists, creators, historians, architects, curators, designers and other creative people in their communities.

For a list of all of the local activities in Winnipeg, check their website at http://mb.culturedays.ca/en/activities/list

Everything is free, and there is everything from free admission to the Winnipeg Art Gallery (featuring a new Winnipeg artists exhibition), chocolate making demonstrations here in St. James, backstage at the Manitoba Theatre Centre, an aerial dance performance at the Forks, and a half-time concert at the Winnipeg Blue Bombers game (which we will be attending).  This is a great chance to check out a lot of different performances and venues for free.

Some more Cooking Workshop Photos

We had our second Cooking Workshop on Monday, and have the next one on Wednesday.  Here are a few photos from yesterday's workshop:

Canadian Cooking and Living Workshop #1 & Art Gallery



This week we had our first of 5 Canadian Cooking and Living Workshops, where our new John Taylor students made and ate spaghetti and chocolate chip cookies.  Everyone made great food!

 

 

 

Also this week about 25 students went to the Winnipeg Art Gallery in the afternoon on early dismissal day.  The Art Gallery was installing a new show, but we did get to see paintings from their collection as well as an exhibition of Inuit sculpture.

 

 



A New Year Underway!

It has been a busy start to the new school year, with about 140 students from 10 different countries. The first thing we did was go out for food, of course!  Here are some pictures from our lunch at the Original Pancake House.

 

New Online Issue of Brazilian Wave Magazine

For our Brazilian students, and anyone else who is interested, there is a new issue online of Brazilian Wave magazine, a magazine for Brazilians in Canada.  You can see it online at  http://wavemagazine.ca/en/ .

Canadian Food

Here is a list of some typical Canadian foods to look forward to trying, thanks to J.J's Complete Guide to Canada.  As you will notice, most are snacks and desserts.

	Poutine Probably the single most famous “Canadian food,” poutine is a rather unhealthy dish produced by smothering French fries with gravy and lumps of white cheese curd.
	Butter tart A flaky pastry shell filled with a rich, sugary mixture of buttery baked cream and raisins. Delicious!
	Ketchup chips Exactly what they sound like — ketchup-flavoured potato chips. The mix of sweet and salty is a decidedly acquired taste. Pickle-flavoured chips are also popular.
	Beaver tail Contains no actual beaver. Instead, it’s a hearty hunk of deep-fried dough, usually covered in sugar and cinnamon.
	Nanaimo barOriginating from the British Columbian town of the same name, these treats are made from a thick, buttery cream sandwiched between two kinds of chocolate.
	Maple-flavoured things The national symbol you can eat! Along with the ubiquitous maple syrup, Canada is home to all sorts of maple-flavoured cookies, candies and treats.
	Coffee Crisp™ Perhaps Canada’s most iconic chocolate bar. Coffee Crisp houses vaguely coffee-flavoured wafers in a milk chocolate coat.
	Timbits™ Made by the good people at Tim Hortons, Timbits are little more than your run-of-the-mill donut holes. But so many flavours…
	BeefCanada has an ample domestic beef supply thanks to Alberta, the country’s thriving capital of cattle ranching. Good steaks and burgers will often brag about being “Alberta-fresh.”
	Rye breadRye is a grain that tends to grow well in cold temperatures, making it a natural Canadian crop. “Canadian-style” rye bread tends to be fairly light and fluffy.
	Smoked beef sandwich Combine beef and rye and you get a favourite offering of Montreal delis. Thick, peppery slices of spiced beef cold cuts served on equally thick rye bread.
	Smoked salmon Cooked for many hours in a special wood-burning “smoke oven,” this is the traditional aboriginal way to enjoy British Columbia’s famous salmon.
	Tourtiere Another French-Canadian favourite, tourtiere is a savoury pie made with ground beef and spices. They come in both group and individual sizes.
	Apples The most iconic fruit of North America, apples are grown across Canada, with the most famous variant being the McIntosh — first grown in eastern Ontario.
	Potatoes Like rye, potatoes thrive in winter climates and have remained another popular staple crop of farmers across the country. The tiny province of Prince Edward Island is known for little else.