wfujkramer Posted February 4, 2009 at 02:31 AM Report Posted February 4, 2009 at 02:31 AM Has anyone been to a real culinary school in Chengdu - - preferably for extended, Chinese language instruction, not a tourist class? Would love to get some info. Thanks! Quote
liuzhou Posted February 4, 2009 at 06:46 AM Report Posted February 4, 2009 at 06:46 AM I think Fuchsia Dunlop has. Quote
imron Posted February 4, 2009 at 07:41 AM Report Posted February 4, 2009 at 07:41 AM A quick google search also turns up the website of the school she attended. Quote
flameproof Posted February 4, 2009 at 09:21 AM Report Posted February 4, 2009 at 09:21 AM I get a warning message there. Maybe there are salmonella.....? Reported Attack Site! This web site at 222.209.200.213 has been reported as an attack site and has been blocked based on your security preferences. Quote
liuzhou Posted February 4, 2009 at 10:48 AM Report Posted February 4, 2009 at 10:48 AM Well. As long as it has beer, it's OK! Quote
flippant Posted February 21, 2012 at 10:18 AM Report Posted February 21, 2012 at 10:18 AM I might be going there for a 3-month course (SHIC; 四川烹饪高等专科学校) starting in March. Anyone have any sort of experience with it? Quote
liuzhou Posted February 21, 2012 at 10:47 AM Report Posted February 21, 2012 at 10:47 AM Since Fuchsia Dunlop's rise to fame, the school she attended, in cooperation with an American organisation, has been offering short courses in Sichuan cookery. They are rather over-priced, in my opinion, and definitely touristy. Tuition is in English - it certainly wasn't when Dunlop studied there, nor did she only do a two week course! Full details here. Quote
flippant Posted February 21, 2012 at 02:52 PM Report Posted February 21, 2012 at 02:52 PM The one I'm doing is definitely in mandarin, and definitely 3 months (for 15k). I inquired about the 2-week programme not knowing it was in English (sent the mail using mandarin) and got an offer of doing another course. Quote
driftman Posted January 9, 2013 at 09:47 PM Report Posted January 9, 2013 at 09:47 PM so did you go? How was it? I would love to go to Chengdu for a cooking course. Quote
New Members Leideren Posted February 22, 2015 at 11:06 AM New Members Report Posted February 22, 2015 at 11:06 AM I got one of Fuschia Dunlops Sichuan cookbooks and felt the recipes were inauthentic and toned down for a western palate. Quote
liuzhou Posted February 23, 2015 at 04:07 AM Report Posted February 23, 2015 at 04:07 AM I got one of Fuschia Dunlops Sichuan cookbooks and felt the recipes were inauthentic and toned down for a western palate. For a start, she has only written one book on Sichuan. It is known as Sichuan Cookery in the UK and as Land of Plenty in the USA, but it is the same book. See here I totally disagree that it is inauthentic or toned down. On the few occasions she alters recipes, she is meticulous in detailing what has changed and why she has done so.She also usually includes a description of the original. This is one of the reasons her book has been so successful and respected. Many of my Sichuanese and other Chinese friends have borrowed my copy to copy recipes. By the way, her name is Fuchsia. Quote
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