In our Modern Mexican cooking class last week, everyone was excited to learn how to make tamales. I still remember one of my first experiences eating tamales – it was delicious. It was a hot day in Oaxaca, Mexico, as we strolled the swarming zócalo (market square). Merchants hawked trinkets and huge coloured balloons. Women [...]
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Team Building Works: Results of 103 Studies
A meta-analysis of data from 103 studies provides the strongest scientific evidence to date that team building can have measurable, positive effects on team performance. The original studies, conducted between 1950 and 2007 showed results that were weak or inconsistent. Continue reading →
Add a little South American to your Easter ? Recipe: Casa Martinez (Flourless Chocolate Cake)
Easter in South America, known as Santa Semana, is a very big deal. Most countries on the continent are predominantly Catholic, so it?s a great time to travel if you want to get caught up in the spirit of the Continue reading →
Welcome to Australian Pear Month! Recipe: Pear & Rocket Salad
We are celebrating Australian Pear month, so we would like to share with you this delicious, simple recipe. It’s one of our most popular salads in our corporate cookery classes for groups and perfect freshness and zest to balance out Continue reading →
Maximising your ?Aha!? moments with cooking team building
I was just reading this article by Daniel Goleman, of Emotional Intelligence fame, about extending your ?Aha!? moments. In a brief explanation of brain functioning, Goleman pin-points the region of the brain where these ?moments? occur ? the same place Continue reading →
How Chilli Chocolate Warms-up Relationships ? Recipe: Dark Chocolate Chilli Truffles
At VictorsFood we are always looking for new ways to build relationships through food. So last weekend I made 150 Dark Chocolate Chilli Truffles – hand rolled, all patiently dipped in luscious, dark (70%) couverture chocolate that was tempered perfectly Continue reading →
Team Building Works: Results of 103 Studies
A meta-analysis of data from 103 studies provides the strongest scientific evidence to date that team building can have measurable, positive effects on team performance. The original studies, conducted between 1950 and 2007 showed results that were weak or inconsistent. … Continue reading →
Add a little South American to your Easter ? Recipe: Casa Martinez (Flourless Chocolate Cake)
Easter in South America, known as Santa Semana, is a very big deal. Most countries on the continent are predominantly Catholic, so it?s a great time to travel if you want to get caught up in the spirit of the … Continue reading →
Welcome to Australian Pear Month! Recipe: Pear & Rocket Salad
We are celebrating Australian Pear month, so we would like to share with you this delicious, simple recipe. It’s one of our most popular salads in our corporate cookery classes for groups and perfect freshness and zest to balance out … Continue reading →
Maximising your ?Aha!? moments with cooking team building
I was just reading this article by Daniel Goleman, of Emotional Intelligence fame, about extending your ?Aha!? moments. In a brief explanation of brain functioning, Goleman pin-points the region of the brain where these ?moments? occur ? the same place responsible for interpretation of symbolic language ? humour, metaphor, art and myth. The most fascinating [...]
?Ain?t Nothin? Like The Real Thing!? Recipe: Guacamole
When I first came to Australia and started exploring the local offerings of Mexican food – I was gob-smacked when I saw a creamy, pale green concoction being flogged as “guacamole”. Surely, I thought, the lovely avocados in Australia wouldn’t yield such a pasty mush… That’s when I found out that many Aussies thought guacamole [...]
