Chinese New Year: In the Kitchen and at the Table, a look at (and taste of) Chinese NY culinary traditions with Nancie McDermott

Saturday

2/6/09  2pm-3pm

Chinese New Year: In the Kitchen and at the Table, a look at (and taste of) Chinese NY culinary traditions with Nancie McDermott

Nancie McDermott is a food writer and cooking teacher specializing in the cuisines of Southeast Asia, and will give a talk on some of the many Chinese New Year culinary traditions, all of which involve good luck.  Nancie will demonstrate just how to fold and shape the famous Chinese dumplings (you may remember last year’s Chinese NY Independent cover featuring Nancie’s dumplings…).  Making dumplings at home (and eating them of course) as a family and friends gathering is traditional, and we’ll get to sample some of Nancie’s dumplings at her talk. 

Nancie has contributed recipes and feature stories on food and travel to Food & Wine, Bon Appetit, Cook's Illustrated, FoodArts and newspapers around the country including the Philadelphia Inquirer and the Los Angeles Times. She travels around the country teaching cooking classes and is a frequent television guest chef.   She was born and raised in the Triad area and is a UNC-CH graduate, as well as a former Peace Corps volunteer in Thailand.  She’s also the author of some of Flyleaf staff’s favorite cookbooks: Quick and Easy Chinese Cooking and The Curry Book (among others).