San Antonio – Culinary Institute of America<\/p>\n
A culinary tour of San Antonio would not be complete without a visit and mini-boot camp at the Culinary Institute of America.\u00a0 You might be familiar with the world famous Hyde Park , NY location but the Texas school features a much different curriculum highlighting Latin cuisines.\u00a0 Chef Brian West led us to the kitchens to prepare regional cuisines of Mexico.\u00a0 We were divided into teams and got busy preparing our dishes for lunch, which we tasted everyone\u2019s delicious creations from our mini-boot camp.\u00a0 If you\u2019ve ever wanted to experience working along side a renown Chef in a beautiful, fully outfitted professional kitchen- look into CIA boot camps.\u00a0 The CIA San Antonio Campus offers classes for cooking enthusiasts and foodies of all levels.\u00a0 I really enjoyed my day in the kitchen, tasted everything, and asked a lot of questions, learned tips and tricks that will enhance my cooking in my home kitchen.\u00a0 Chef Elizabeth Johnson\u00a0 treated us to a lecture on Mexican cooking by Celebrity Chef Melissa Guerra and a Peruvian Ceviche demonstration.\u00a0 Peruvian Ceviche only lets the fish cook in the citric acid for 5 minutes or less- much different from most Ceviche I\u2019ve tried.\u00a0 We even had a visit to Melissa Guerra Tienda de Cocina- her cooking store.\u00a0 Check out her Latin Kitchen Market online at www.melissaguerra.com<\/a>.\u00a0 You\u2019ll even find recipes from her cookbooks!<\/p>\n Following our cooking, lecture,\u00a0 demonstration & tour of the CIA, we were invited to dine at Nao- New World Flavors.\u00a0 Derived from the Latin root \u201cneo,\u201d meaning to weave or intertwine, as well as the English root meaning something new, Nao is a celebration of tradition as well as innovation.\u00a0 The student-staffed restaurant at The Culinary Institute of America, San Antonio, Nao (pronounced Nay-O)\u00a0is a culinary tapestry of Latin ingredients, traditions, and culture. A spectacular showcase for flavors of the New World, Nao\u2019s menu features Latin American dishes rooted in tradition and creatively reinterpreted using new perspectives, ingredients, and techniques. Diners enjoy fresh, seasonal plates that pay homage to the great cuisines of Latin America in a warm and inviting atmosphere.\u00a0 This was haute cuisine where attention to every detail including service is mastered.\u00a0 What a treat!\u00a0 The website has the most gorgeous photos of food I\u2019ve ever seen,\u00a0 Worth a peek- www.naorestaurant.com<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" San Antonio – Culinary Institute of America A culinary tour of San Antonio would not be complete without a visit and mini-boot camp at the Culinary Institute of America.\u00a0 You might be familiar with the world famous Hyde Park , NY location but the Texas school features a much different curriculum highlighting Latin cuisines.\u00a0 Chef […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1101","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P8aPSh-hL","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nightwire.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1101","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nightwire.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nightwire.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nightwire.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nightwire.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1101"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.nightwire.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1101\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1102,"href":"https:\/\/www.nightwire.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1101\/revisions\/1102"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nightwire.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1101"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}