Demo Handout featuring Asian Eco-cookware, gift ideas and Fusion Favorite recipes, including Thai Twist Chili and Fast Asian Cole Slaw!
New March/April Events Schedule: Asian Market Tour & Food/Cultural Classes
Here’s our March/April schedule/flyer of Hands-On Food & Cultural Classes and drop-in Saturday Demos! A few spaces left for Asian Market Tour, Saturday, Feb. 27, details and registration here
More $10 Hands-On Cooking Classes & Express Demos at Buford Hwy Farmers Market!
Our first ones sold out early, so we’ve added more for March/April!
More Hands-on Cooking Classes – $10
- Popular dishes made simple, healthy and homestyle
- Learn about Asian culture, history, travel
- Fun, interactive with tips, tasting and BHFM gift card!
Thursday, March 11 – Homemade Springrolls!
Wednesday, March 24 – Asian Hot Pot Party!
Tuesday, April 20 – Dumplings!
Time/Location: 7 pm – 9pm, Buford Highway Farmers Market (5600 Buford Hwy, Doraville 30340) Advance registration required (Register by email or call Bill 678-873-7447) Space is limited so sign up early!
Buford Highway Farmers Market (BHFM) is a dynamic, newly-renovated Asian, international grocery store specializing in fresh produce, whole seafood and meats. Locally owned and family-operated for 25 years, it’s a fun, multicultural shopping experience!
Free Express Demos are back – Saturdays
Includes quick demo, product tips, tasting, shopping list, recipe – all in 15 minutes! 1:00-4:30, come by Buford Highway Farmers Market and say Ni Hao, Y’all to Natalie!
March 6 (Spring Roll Express)
March 20 (Sushi Express)
April 10 (Tour de Tofu)
April 24 (Asian Noodle Crazy)
Asian Market Tour – Saturday, Feb. 27!
Back by popular demand, we have scheduled an Asian Market Tour & Tasting!
Date: Saturday, Feb. 27, 10am-11:30am
* Curious, overwhelmed or intimidated by Asian markets?
* Want to learn about popular Asian produce, products and shortcut tips for making authentic, healthy and fusion Asian meals at home?
* Do you enjoy new food, cultural, travel and shopping experiences?
Join mother-daughter Chinese Southern Belles (and Atlanta natives), Natalie and Margaret, for a fun, unique, interactive culinary and cultural experience!
Tour highlights include:
-Fresh Asian Fruits & Vegetables
-Oodles of Noodles
-Mad About Rice
-Some Like It Hot – Spices!
-Kitchen Tools & Pantry Essentials
-Chinese Hot Pot aisle
-Asian Snack Attack
-Food Court tasting
Price: $40 per person. (Students and kids discounts available)
Additional details and online registration information here or call 1-800-838-3006 to register by phone. This event will sell out so sign up early!
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Featured in Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Cook’s Warehouse, Taste of Atlanta, Whole Foods and Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts, Natalie and Margaret enrich their tours with Buddha-to-Bubba family stories from China to America’s Deep South and their passion for international travel, diversity, healthy living and sustainability.
By sharing their tips and tales, Margaret and Natalie hope to add a fun fusion touch to the kitchen, a cross-cultural dimension to Atlanta’s immigrant history, and a shared sense of community through the celebration of food, family and culture. Opening Minds, One Mouth at a Time!
* Space is limited! Sign up early
* Feel free to share this invite with friends/colleagues
Follow Natalie’s cross-cultural and food adventures on www.chinesesouthernbelle.com and Facebook and Twitter!
Safe and easy online registration for Asian Market Tour or call 1-800-838-3006.
Additional details and registration information
Registration questions/problems: call 800-838-3006
Tour/instructor/media questions: info@chinesesouthernbelle.com or call Natalie 404-494-0088
Asian Starbucks? White Windmill Bakery and Cafe
Actually, White Windmill Cafe is much better and more ! It offers a wonderful, diverse variety of baked items, snacks and hot or cold beverages. I hear that some snacks and cakes are better than others and that the bubble tea is not the best, but I think the fun part is trying different things on each visit. I like the fact that most Asian pastries and cakes are a lot less sweet. You can read specific reviews and tips from visitors.
I enjoy the atmosphere and I’m usually there with good friends, family or even business colleagues so for me, it’s not just about the food.
A few of my favorites:
* Hot green latte (very chic)
* Green tea buns and cakes
* Almond and coconut cookie crisps (can’t eat just one)
* Fresh fruit smoothies (mango, kiwi or mixed with peach)
* Sweet Potato Pastry (can’t remember exact name but very good!)
* Sticky Rice Red Bean Buns
On Buford Highway, just outside I-285, next to big Tower Liquor store. Enjoy!
Classes Full, next Asian Market Tour Feb. 27, Cook’s Warehouse April 15
Our Hands-On Classes at Buford Highway Farmers Market in Jan & Feb sold out fast! Be sure to give us your contact info and get on the waiting list!
The first one last Wed on Springrolls was a big hit. I think we had as much fun as the new “Eggroll Queens” in the class. Yes, all 22 attendees (except one teenaged boy with mom) were women! We wok ‘n’ rolled 3 different kinds: Springrolls, traditional Eggrolls and tricky Thai/Vietnamese Fresh Basil Rolls, plus went over lots of Kitchen Tools and Tips (3 G’s, you’ll have to come to class to find out 
If you missed getting in on a class, I’ll still be doing free, Express Demos on Saturdays (Jan 23, 30, Feb 6) at Buford Hwy Farmers Market, details here so come by and say hi, then have a fun, multicultural shopping experience!
By popular demand, we’ll do an Asian Market Tour & Tasting, Saturday, Feb. 27. More details and registration info to come…
We also have more with Cook’s Warehouse: April 15 (I Can’t Believe It’s Tofu) and new class June 22!
Follow us on Facebook or Twitter to get updates, as soon as they are posted here!
Thanks again to Cynthia Bohannon-Brown, CBB Studios for taking wonderful photos at our events! Contact her if you need photographic services, she’s great to work with!
*NEW* Classes & Demos – starts January 9!
EAT, SHOP & LEARN with Chinese Southern Belle!
We’re excited to bring you NEW Hands-On Cooking Classes in January and February at Buford Highway Farmers Market! (5600 Buford Hwy, Doraville 30340).
- Popular dishes made simple, healthy and homestyle
- Learn about Asian culture, history, travel
- Fun, interactive with tips, tasting and BHFM gift card!
Homemade Springrolls (Jan 20), Asian Hot Pot Party (Feb 16) and Dumplings (Feb 25)!
Cost: $10 with gift card, registration required (Bill 678-873-7447 or bill@aofwc.com) Space is limited so sign up early!
Also at BHFM, 15-minute Express Demos are back! 1:00-4:30pm, every half hour, free, drop by for tips, tasting and shopping list/recipe. Come by and say Ni Hao, Y’all!
See Events Flyer for schedule and details. Store directions here
Asian Supermarkets
Asian grocery stores have finally come out of the mom-and-pop woodwork and we now have a few to choose from. The competition is fierce with national chains muscling onto center stage with supersized stores and aggressive advertising. We’ve come a long way, baby! My mom recalls how she couldn’t even find soy sauce in the local Winn-Dixie grocery store and if there was rice, it was Minute Rice, “fluffy and not sticky!” That’s how we ended up eating dishes like Pepper Steak and Rice-a-Roni and Hot Hunan Catfish. That’s what was available or what my parents caught in Lake Allatoona!
Georgia Asian Times compiled a helpful list of Asian groceries with notes. Several stores, like Assi, H-Mart and Hong Kong Supermarket now have multiple locations and there is a Cobb International Market on Spring Rd in Smyrna.
I have been to all of them. For me, proximity, variety and quality brands are the top factors. It also depends on what you are looking for, e.g. meats and seafood, fresh produce, specific ethnic focus or good foodcourt eats. I go most often to Buford Highway Farmers Market (variety and quality) and Cobb International Farmers Market (proximity).
Regardless of which you choose, it can be a fun, adventurous experience. If you want help navigating or are interested in our favorite products and “pantry essentials,” contact us for a group Asian Market tour.
We also have new events lined up at Buford Highway Farmers Market, click here for flyer
*New* CSB Food & Cultural Workshops, More Saturday Demos!
EAT, LEARN & SHOP with new Chinese Southern Belle events in Jan/Feb!
*NEW* CSB Food & Cultural Workshops, Buford Highway Farmers Market – Fun, Hands-On, only $10 (with $10 gift card after you “graduate” the class)
Registration required, space limited, all classes 7-9pm. To register, contact Bill at 678-873-7447, bill@aofwc.com or Customer Service at the store (5600 Buford Hwy, Doraville 30340).
Workshop Dates:
Wednesday, Jan. 20 – Homemade Springrolls!
Tuesday, Feb. 16 – Celebrate the Lunar New Year – Asian Hot Pot Party!
Thursday, Feb. 25 – Dumplings!
Back by Popular Demand – Saturday Express Demos, 1:00 pm – 4:30 pm, drop-in – tasting, recipe, shopping list, quick tips!
Demo Dates:
Sat. Jan 9 – Homemade Springrolls
Sat. Jan 23 – Sushi Express
Sat. Jan 30 – Tour de Tofu!
Sat. Feb 6 – Asian Noodle Crazy
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