Taste Sensations

After returning home from the third session of Our Cuisine=Our Stories I can say I am happily full with a rich selection of taste sensations. Today Flavia delighted us with her Brazilian cuisine of Mango Salsa, fried Kassava and Seafood Stew. And Evita treated us with her mobile coffee cafe and a rich assortment of tropical fruits such as jackfruit and longan fruit mixed with coconut and avocado. The combination of everything enjoyed tonight has left my senses delighted with the rich variety of textures and tastes.

Mmmmm......

Mango Salsa 

**more images to come soon! **

welcome = tervetuloa

Our first session began with picking nuts from a bowl that Amal passed around with the instruction "take as many as you like but don't eat them yet" and then "now for each nut you took tell us something about yourself." Around in a circle we shared details about places we've been, people we care for, things we like to do, things we do for work, things we have done, what we hope to do and so forth. This was the introduction to the group Our Cuisine=Our Stories and it was the first time we sat down together and shared something of ourselves to each other.

We then proceeded by writing and drawing some of our food associations (which will be developed in the coming weeks) and we shared our first meal together; a mix of hearty vegetarian (home grown aussie inspired) soup prepared by Sari and refreshing Moroccan salads prepared by Amal.

 








We are a group of 9 women who are meeting on Monday nights for 7 weeks at Stoa cultural centre in Itäkeskus, Helsinki.