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Santa had the good grace to bring my sister’s kids a Wii for Christmas, and turned a family of otherwise reasonable and calm people into born-again video game players. I haven’t had that much fun since I dropped my first quarter in a Space Invaders machine.

Now I find evidence that one of my passions, cooking ,has a game on the Wii. Over at Men In Aprons, they have the scoop on a cooking game for the Wii. Apparently it won top game at the CES show last week. Wired has more details here.

Now if I could only find one of the Wii consoles to buy….

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I had the good fortune to receive a couple of cooking classes for Christmas. The first was a demonstration Thai cooking class at The Cookshop. Like many people, I’ve always believed anything exotic and tasty must be time consuming and difficult to prepare. Well, chef Thuang Yan dispelled that myth quickly. Tom Yum soup, one of the wife’s favourites took all of 12 minutes.

We also got a run-down and where to buy the ingredients, and how to store them. I went on a scavenger hunt at T&T, the local Asian supermarket, and was able to stock the pantry with pretty much everything I need. I’ve done some prep work, and now have a fridge full of ready-to-go ingredients and can have tasty Thai food on the table in 30 minutes or less. Of course, it will take another 30 minutes to clean up the kitchen, but I don’t want to think about that part.

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I found a great (eg simple and tasty) recipe blog, via TheGoodBlogs, and made the Cauli-fried rice to go with some Thai beef from a Christmas present cookbook -Stylish Thai in Minutes . It went well. However, I do have a spot of advice for grating the cauliflower….

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