5 new reasons to cook at home this weekend
Yes, you can easily beat restaurants at their own game. Here’s how.
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1. Ian Kittichai’s New Book
Chef Ian Kittichai's Issaya brand doesn't just do fancy Thai food; it's also got a solid rep for Thai-French fusion pastry-work under sister brand Issaya La Patisserie, run by pastry chef Arisara “Paper” Chongphanitkul. Now you can learn how to cook those coconut tartlets, banana caramel eclairs and kaffir lime madeleines at home with their new Issaya La Patisserie Pastry Cookbook—a 200-page, hardback trawl through some 56 recipes for pastry, ice cream and other confectionaries, all structure into three difficulty levels. Grab your copy for B1,250 at Issaya Siamese Club, Issaya La Patisserie, Issaya Cooking Studio, Asia Books, Kinokuniya and the English book section of B2S. Or sign up for classes at Issaya Cooking Studio, in the basement of Central Embassy.
2. Better Delivery Services
Rapidly expanding startup HappyFresh partners with your local supermarkets so you can buy your produce through their app before your goods get picked up and delivered by their delivery drivers. www.happyfresh.co.th
If you just need something from 7-Eleven, you can also use LINE Man, the app by the famous messaging empire. Available on mobile app for both iOS and Android.
Cooking class at Anantara Chiang Rai
3. New Cooking Classes
Discover cooking classes, wine tasting, culinary activities via Cookly (cookly.me). According to them, “It's like Airbnb, but for foodies” In Bangkok, they offer things like visits to Sampran Riverside's organic farm (also including a cooking class amid the rice fields, around B3,000), home-style Thai cooking classes at Silom Thai Cooking School (around B1,200) and fruit carving lessons with vegetarian restaurant May Kaidee (around B1,800).
4. Better Knives
Planning on becoming a sushi master? Cutboy import super-high-quality handmade Japanese knives, from heavy to feather light and wide to narrow. If you’re not sure where to start, just ask. These guys are experts.
5. New Video Recipes for Perfect Pairings
Jacob’s Creek has some tips on how to cook three tasty recipes at home, and the ideal wine pairing for each one.
1. For chilled out, beach vibe, whip up this grilled scallops 2 ways and serve it with fresh Jacob’s Creek Reserve Chardonnay Adelaide Hills.
2. For a party of bright, young, fun and active urbanites, we recommend serving your fashionable friends some BBQ chicken wings with marmalade pairing and serving a Jacob’s Creek Reserve Shiraz Barossa.
3. Putting together a sit-down dinner of smart, sophisticated professionals? Impress them with this recipe for grilled beef short ribs two ways paired with Jacob’s Creek Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon Coonawara.
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