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Dishes to Share from Portugal, Spain & China

Is a Cataplana a dish or the vessel you cook the dish in? Actually it's both. Watch the Cataplana video to learn about this traditional family-style Portuguese seafood dish. And be sure to check out Chef Simone's Conch and Squid videos so you can learn how to prep these unusual sea creatures for your Cataplana adventure.

How to Shell & Clean Conch		Meet Simone Nakhoul, Personal Chef		How to Clean Squid

There are probably as many versions of paella as there are mussels in the sea. Learn to make a vegetable Sofrito and you will have the foundation you need to make Paella Valenciana, a dish that will have friends and family flocking to the table.

Sofrito		Meet Michael Brunson, Executive Chef, Solea		Vanilla Flan

	Meet Christine Liu, Citysearch Boston
Dim Sum can be an overwhelming dining experience to say the least. Carts fly by you with a myriad of Chinese specialties you can't identify. What's in those dumplings? How about those buns? And what exactly is that? Citysearch Boston's Christine Liu and Shi Lin (aka "Gitlo") of Gitlo's Dim Sum Bakery are here to help Demystify Dim Sum for you by walking you through some of the best choices. Gitlo will also show you how to make a couple of Chinese classics: House Special Rice in Lotus Leaf and everyone's favorite beverage with tapioca pearls, Bubble Tea.

House Special Rice in Lotus Leaf		Meet Shi Lin (aka Gitlo), Gitlo’s Dim Sum Bakery		Bubble Tea

ENTER THE JULIA CHILD CHALLENGE! In honor of Julia Child and the new movie, "Julie & Julia," we invite you to make a dish from "Mastering the Art of French Cooking" this weekend. Post your photo on our Facebook page on Monday - you with the finished dish and comment on your experience. First 20 entries will receive a how2heroes apron and can join us at a screening of the movie in Boston (date TBD). Bon Appetit!!! VISIT OUR FACEBOOK FAN PAGE