Charmayne,Naima,Razwan,Serena,Avesh and Ania attended Saturday morning , 3 hour class. Besides many open discussions on techniques, utensils and ingrediants, class participated in a cooking exercise featuring Vegetarian Bean Chill, Basmati Rice and Almond Coconut Milk Ice Cream. Follow up class is being planned

Indian Fusion Cooking Class Series, Vegetarian - I

When : October 6th, 10 AM - 1 PM
Where : Piquant Kitchen at 349a, George Street, New Brunswick 08901
What : 3 Course Menu: Vegetarian Chili, Aromatic Rice, Carrot Truffle with Almond Granita
How Many : Class size limited to 10 students
How Much : $45 pp (+tax)

Executive Chef Kirti Rahi of Piquant Bread Bar and Grill has created a Three Course Vegetarian Menu that reflects her own personal healthy eating habits and lifestyle change in the past few years. The menu instruction includes making a flavorful Vegetarian Chili mixture that is served with Aromatic Rice and a sumptuous Carrot Truffle and Almond Granita dessert, and combines classical culinary skills in a professional setting for the novice chef to take home.

The class will sit down in a private lunch dining experience, along with open discussion. Chef Elizabeth Stelling of CookAppeal, LLC will share her combined knowledge of pairing wines with Indian foods, and how well the two enhance and compliment the flavors of each other, as well as assisting with the cooking instruction.

Cooking classes are limited, this class will be 10 students per class so register early. Pre-registration and pre-payment required. Classes begin promptly at 10 AM with a "taste teaser" so don't miss out. Aprons and all necessary equipment are provided.

CANCELLATION POLICY: A 72-hour cancellation policy is in effect prior to the class; other wise the tuition fee is non-refundable. Classes may be substituted for another scheduled class with a 72-hour prior notice.

How many years can a person expect to live in Full Health?
World Health Organization (WHO) scientists have developed a new healthy life expectancy indicator named Disability Adjusted Life Expectancy (DALE). Life expectancy only measures how LONG long people live. If however people live in ill-health or in state of disability, this fact is missed. In other words it is not how long one lives but how long one lives in good health. A state of ill-health or disability subtracts some years (based on how bad the disability or ill-health is ) from life expectancy. This gives avaerage healthy life expectancy of 74.5 years for Japanese.

USA is at number 24 with 67.5 Years of DALE.

Top 5 Healthiest Countries ...

Country DALE

Japan 74.5 Years

Australia 73.2 Years

France 73.1 Years

Sweeden 73 Years

Italy 72.7 Years

Correct answer provided by

1) Jamie Eppolite of Mount Laurel, NJ
2) Breane McCormick of South Amboy, NJ

Best answer to Food for Thought

Best answer provided by Kim Thompson of Somerset, NJ ...
I am an early human, whose first tools are my own hands and my brain. Do I try to catch and slay an animal equipped with speed and defenses, or do I pick a nice, stationary piece of fruit?

Early Humans were Vegetarians

Early humans were indeed vegetarians, even though this has been a contentious subject among Anthropologists. Human anatomy puts them closer to Vegetarianism. Besides, early humans (about 4 million years ago) were physically much smaller and weaker than other animals around them (fossil of Lucy suggest adult height of 4 feet and weight of 70 pounds with teeth too small to tear meat). Evidence suggests that it was wits, social skills, and ability to organize and live co-operatively in large groups (and not hunting prowess and ability to eliminate competing species) that helped early humans survive and evolve

New Season, New Menu

Many a hit items make it back on menu. Roasted Butternut Squash & Apple Soup with Spiced Sunflower seeds and Cilantro Pesto were very popular last fall. They are back on. We did not realize how much mint shots and Bread bar were missed by our Guests. Both are back on Menu along with our spiced Apple Cider.
Bob Prichett and Penny Gordon, specially for you the Paneer fingers are back.

Some New Creations we hope you will appreciate

1) Goan Crab Cake with Mesclun greens in Warm Tandoori Roti.
2) Braised Lamb with cream of Semolina and Mint Crème Fraiche
3) Chicken Seekh kabaob In Spicy Onion Tomato Sauce with Brown Basamati Rice and Braising greens

Check out our New Menu on http://piquantfoods.com/menus.php