Our next meeting:

Tuesday, March 21st 2017

JJ’s Bistro

3447 Waialae Avenue in Kaimuki (between 9th and 10th Avenues)

Social/dinner hour from 6 pm: talk starts 7 pm

Everybody welcome: no admission charge

Note that JJ's is BYOB, but Tamura’s liquor store is right across the street.
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Walter Rhee

 

Kitchen Science

 

Walter Rhee received his B.S. in marine biology from Cornell and an M.S. in food science in from UHM.  

 

He has taught food science at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, UH-Manoa, and the KCC culinary program.

 

Walter's specialty is explaining the hows and the whys of cooking in the manner of Alton Brown & Bill Nye

 

The presentation will explain the scientific properties of macronutrients - water, carbohydrates, protein, & lipids when cooking. Taste & umami in cooking will also be discussed.