A few weeks ago I was lucky enough to be invited to a small women's networking event at the Los Angeles home of Linda Press. Linda, who owns a boutique public relations agency, invited her friend
Chef Kelly to make a Chinese New Year celebration lunch for the group and show us how to make a few of the dishes. I hope you enjoy these images from the day. For recipes, see
Chef Kelly's blog.
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The day's menu |
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Chef Kelly heating up her portable burner on the patio |
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Linda's beautiful table decorations - all in red |
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Marinated gobo, a Japanese root vegetable |
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Pan-fried Korean rice cakes with a spicy dipping sauce |
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Ground elk meat for the elk dumplings - Linda's husband Philip brought home the elk from a hunting trip |
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Wringing out tofu to add to the ground elk meat |
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Elk dumplings, ready for the steamer |
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Stir-fried vegetables, including baby bok choy (my favorite!) |
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A beautiful Chinese New Year's lunch |
3 comments:
I made dumplings for lunch today. It certainly never crossed my mind to fill them with elk! Thanks for an informative, fun blog post :)
Looks yummy and authentic! :)
What a beautiful meal...those elk dumplings look and sound amazing. Thank you for sharing your words and these photographs. And thank you for your kind thoughts on my own blog. I appreciate you!
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