
Cooking lessons
I have been giving cooking lessons ever since Tanamerah was born. One or two of my younger customers who attended as pre-teenagers are now getting married! It has always been an occasional thing—very much dependent on catering commitments, and more often than not in response to a suggestion from one of my friends or customers. Recently they have become more demonstrations than hands-on lessons—I stand up and spout and my audience watches and asks questions.
A place at one of my cooking demos is a great idea as a birthday present for ‘people who have everything’—regardless of sex, and indeed age. The hands-on lessons have proved very popular for boys and girls of all ages during the school holidays.
Bookings work very much like my supper clubs. If you want to get a crowd together (a minimum of 10) I’d be happy to accommodate. If you are interested in coming with a smaller group I will do my best to find more people to come along. And then there will be times when I take the initiative myself to promote a particular event. These will be announced here on the website—if you are on my mailing list you’ll hear about it via email.
I charge £25 for a three-hour session. This includes lunch of whatever dishes I have been demo-ing. If the weather is warm and sunny we might sit outside on the decking—as you can see in one of the pictures.
If you’d like to discuss your own bespoke session please do call or email me, or send a note via the contact form.
Online teaching
I have been talking with Kevan, my husband, about doing more through the website. Video-making is his area of expertise, so between us the plan is to create a series of videos, focusing on Indonesian cuisine. Some will be about cooking techniques; some on particular recipes.
As an example, here’s one we made earlier!
Every time we publish a new video it will appear on the Recipes… and more page, and email subscribers will get a message to let them know.
Do get in touch if you have any comments or questions about them.












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Cooking lesson and demo reports
News: Cooking with tempeh demonstrations, 26 March
As advertised in my previous blog, I am holding tempeh cooking demos at the end of the month. Please let me know as soon as possible if you'd like to come. There is a slight change to the previous announcement. I'm still giving two demos, but because some people can't...
What’s been happening in my kitchen – and what next?
After nearly 6 months since my last entry here, I've embarked on some challenging new adventures. Before they all disappear into memory of bits and pieces in my head, I thought I'd better get on with updating my blog. To be honest, I find writing a blog or a diary...
September – noodle cooking demonstration
I finally held the first noodle cooking demonstration at home in September after a lot of requests by friends. I'd like to say and admit that it was a big success....they all went home happy and enjoyed the noodle feast I'd prepared earlier. To start with, I...
August news
We had The Olympics, we had the sun, we had the A-level results… and our first proper holiday in this country. Yorkshire had been on my holiday list, almost at the top, for a long time. We finally made it this year. What a lovely, beautiful county it is. So much...
Noodle Cooking Demonstration
Hope you have all had a lovely holiday and are ready for the return of the dreaded and monotonous school run. This may be something you'd like to do when the children are back at school. I'm going to have a noodle cooking session here on Friday the 28th September,...
Summer weather blues? Cheer yourself up with a fun cooking lesson.
What hectic months they have been: plenty to write and talk about with what's been happening here in our little cottage. The garden is soaked, the bottom part was flooded with water from the river and covered completely by mud and debris. Here are some pics of what...
Tofu frittata – ‘tahu telor bumbu kacang’
Not long ago, the only place you could get tofu was from an Asian/Chinese supermarket, which for me was a real pain as the closest one from where we lived was in London (2 hours by train). I grew up eating tofu and we had it at least once a week and another soya...