Thai Cooking Class: Thot Man Pla (Curried Fish Cakes) 
THANK YOU TimesOnline.co.uk for featuring The Cooking Diva!!!
If you wonder where I have been, why I have not posted so much---head over to my DiabloRojo blog in Spanish, and read THIS post.
I am teaching the Asian cooking classes for Chef Elena's program at the Academia de Artes Culinarias.
Today was Thai Cooking Day! YES!!! Loved every second of it 
This is the schedule:
- Tomorrow Tuesday: Hindu cooking
- Wednesday: Chinese cooking
- Thursday: Japanese Cooking
I always try to tease my students creativity. I told them today that we will prepare "dessert sushi" on Thursday and everyone but one rolled up their eyes (a sign of incredulity).
Then she replied: how about milk-and-rice (rice pudding) rolls? Then I smiled and said, yes...that is exactly what we will do: "Dulce de Leche Sushi for dessert." I promise I'll post the photos. Stay tuned
We hope you liked the photos.
If you are planning to visit Panama, please send me an e-mail....we will be happy to share our secret culinary info. with you!
Un abrazo!
M
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- by Chef Melissa
- June 19, 2006
- 6:45 pm
Fiesta Cashew Mole with Grilled Chicken
The “mole” is one of the most enigmatic and interesting foods from the whole world. It´s preparation and final result depends upon the diversity of ingredients used from city to city in México, and the personal preferences of the cooks. It is a very personal, unique dish which with the help of your imagination and personal touch will reach new dimensions in your kitchen.
This is a very time consuming dish to make, but the results are definitely worth the effort… until the last bite. Start three days ahead. Although traditionally in Mexico the mole is served with turkey, it is really not that important because the star is the mole itself. Serve it with any kind of meat: chicken, turkey, beef, pork, shrimp, or just plain with steamed white rice. This mole keep well refrigerated for up to 5 days, or frozen for up to a month. If you choose to freeze the left over mole, thaw it in the refrigerator and then heat in a saucepan or microwave oven, adding some chicken broth if needed.
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- June 12, 2006
- 9:39 pm
Be irrepressible! a campaign for global internet freedom
Almost two weeks ago the complete blog of a friend and colleague from South America vanished. All the work, recipes, stories and photos are gone, along with her blog account. It is really scary, because "they" now say the blog didn't exist!
I invite you to read what Rachel Rawlins from Global Voices published this morning. This is an excerpt from the article. For the complete post visit Global Voices!
<<As more and more nations carve up the so-called global, borderless internet into separate spheres of control through filtering and censorship, often using technology supplied by large IT companies, Amnesty International has launched a new campaign - irrepressible.info to raise awareness of and protest against the infringements on the basic human right of freedom of speech.
Chat rooms monitored. Blogs deleted. Websites blocked. Search engines restricted. People imprisoned for simply posting and sharing information.
The Internet is a new frontier in the struggle for human rights. Governments – with the help of some of the biggest IT companies in the world – are cracking down on freedom of expression.
There are specific examples of some of the countries and companies in the spotlight:
The web is a great tool for sharing ideas and freedom of expression. However, efforts to try and control the Internet are growing. Internet repression is reported in countries like China, Vietnam, Tunisia, Iran, Saudi Arabia and Syria. People are persecuted and imprisoned simply for criticising their government, calling for democracy and greater press freedom or exposing human rights abuses, online.
But Internet repression is not just about governments. IT companies have helped build the systems that enable surveillance and censorship to take place. Yahoo! have supplied email users’ private data to the Chinese authorities, helping to facilitate cases of wrongful imprisonment. Microsoft and Google have both complied with government demands to actively censor Chinese users of their services.>>
For the complete post visit Global Voices now!
THANK you Rachel
Have a wonderful day!
Melissa
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- by Chef Melissa
- May 30, 2006
- 8:45 am
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