| Status: | Active, full but can join waiting list |
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| When: | Monthly 6:00 pm-8:00 pm |
| Venue: | Various |
A group for those wishing to cook socially, meeting from 6.00 - 8.00pm one evening each month. There are no set day/dates for meetings.
This informal group has great fun picking up cooking skills and tips from each other and enjoying recipes they maybe would not have come across before. It is aimed particularly at those with no great previous experience or ability. Expect something more like "Come Dine With Me" than "Masterchef" - without the scores! We include one of our recipes in each edition of Newsline, and also posted onto this page.
Unfortunately the need to meet in members’ kitchens limits the maximum number of members to 6. Anyone wishing to join the group above this number will be put on a waiting list. If numbers permit, then a second group will be formed.
Members historically took it in turns to host and cook a two course meal in their own kitchens each month, the other members providing wine/beer/soft drinks to accompany the meal that we then ate together. We then met on "Zoom" throughout the pandemic, with us all cooking separately but simultaneously, under the direction of each month’s host. This arrangement proved to be so successful that we now alternate between ‘live’ and "Zoom" meetings.
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CDWU Recipes
- Chicken Parmigiana
For our current round of CDWU meetings we are cooking national dishes from continents randomly allocated to each of our… Read more: Chicken Parmigiana - Babousa (Semolina & Almond Cake)
Babousa is a traditional sweet syrup-soaked semolina cake popular throughout the Middle East. Some believe the name is derived from… Read more: Babousa (Semolina & Almond Cake) - Game Parmentier
A “parmentier” is any dish that includes potatoes. Its name originates from the French agronomist and nutritionist Antoine-Augustin Parmentier who… Read more: Game Parmentier - Pork Stroganoff
Beef Stroganoff is a classic Russian dish, allegedlyinvented when a member of the Stroganov noblefamily was stationed in Siberia and… Read more: Pork Stroganoff - Quick Venison Sausage Cassoulet
Cassoulet is a rich slow-cooked stew from the Carcassonne region of South-West France, just right for wintery weather. It typically… Read more: Quick Venison Sausage Cassoulet - Roasted Vegetable Feijoada
Typically, Feijoada is a bean stew, to which various typesof meat are added, although our version here isvegetarian. The dish… Read more: Roasted Vegetable Feijoada