Cook and Brew.

Accidents may strike anywhere.  Let’s say you’re eating in a restaurant then the waiter accidentally scalded you bad with a hot soup while serving, by all means, you can hire the services of an Austin personal injury lawyer from O’Hanlon, McCollom & Demerath – Personal Injury Lawyers – 808 West Avenue, Austin, TX. 78701 – 512-494-9949 to help you get the compensation that is due to you.  It’s qualified for a personal injury case because it is caused by someone else’s negligence or carelessness.  These lawyers will help you claim the medical expenses incurred and the lost income due to your inability to work.

Want to expand your cooking knowledge by learning new recipes this month?  Check out the schedule of Del Monte Kitchenomics Culinary Program for March 2011 that I received in my email:

POPULAR CHINESE COOKING
Fee: P 2, 800
Class schedule: MARCH 12, 2011 from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm
Uncover the ways of the Chinese by learning how to make their scrumptious classics.

SUMMER DRINK & SMOOTHIES
FREE DEMO!
Class schedule: MARCH 16, 2011 from 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm
Cool off this summer with simple yet satisfying coolers.

KIDS COOKING (7 – 12 y/o)
Fee: P 2, 800
Class schedule: MARCH 19, 2011 from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm
Get your kids busy and help release their creativity in this kiddie cooking class.

MAKE AHEAD PICNIC FEASTS
FREE!
Class schedule: MARCH 24, 2011 from 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm
Prepare delicious meals on the go!
Discover easy meals for your next picnic or camping trip.

COOKING DUO: PARENT & CHILD
Fee: P 3, 000
Class schedule: MARCH 26, 2011 from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm
Spend quality time with your kid while learning to make nutritious and affordable treats.

To enroll, simply call the DMK Hotline at 897-7000 to reserve a slot.
All classes will require full registration and full payment five (5) days before the class schedule.
All classes will be held at the Del Monte Test Kitchen, G/F B3 Bonifacio High Street,
Bonifacio Global City, Taguig City. Hands-on classes come with ingredients, materials,
recipe handouts, apron, toque and certificate of attendance.
Payment will be forfeited for participants who cancel or fail to attend. Schedules may change without prior notice.

I would love to join the Chinese Cooking Class but that’s my birthday.  I’d just wait for the succeeding schedules in the months to come.  I’m sure it won’t be the last.

This June marks the 3rd year since I resigned from my last corporate job and chose to be a full time mom to my then newborn.  What I miss most about working in the said company apart from the benefits that my employer generously gave (including a key man insurance)  are the numerous pig out sessions my colleagues and I engaged to during lunch outs.  Our office is located in the central business district so the food choices and yummiest restaurants were plenty that’s why I gained so much weight when I was still working.  In fact, most of my colleagues are on the heavy side…a very good indication that our department loves eating.

A formal dinner setup of silverware and dinnerware are arranged this way.  Here are the things to remember when seated in a formal dinner table.

1.  Use the farthest silverware from your plate first. 

2.  Work your way in using one utensil for each course.

3.  When eating, knife in right hand, fork in left hand to hold the food.  After cutting to bite size, the fork may be switched to the right then the knife is placed on the edge of the plate.

4.  To signal that you are done with the course, fork is rested, tines up and knife blade in.  The handles are resting at five o’clock and tips pointing to ten o’clock on the plate.

February is the month of Junior-Senior Promenades.  I remember that we had ours in a five star hotel so before that, we had to review the formal dinner etiquette rules to make ourselves at ease and to eat comfortably in our prom dresses and tuxedos.

These are a few of the simple do’s and don’ts when engaging in a formal dining:

1.  Do NOT talk with food in your mouth.

2.  Eat in small bites and slowly.

3.  Keep elbows off the table.

4.  Do not slurp or burp.  It’s very impolite to do so.

5.  Eat to your left, drink to your right.