In this cultural cooking extravaganza, we are led through a range of Vietnamese produce and recipes by food consultant Liz Bretherton and Vietnamese cooking tutor Agnes Dinh. Liz Bretherton looks at the wonderful and extensive range of fresh produce now being produced in Australia for use in Asian cooking. These distinctive ingredients, which set Vietnamese cuisine apart from food in other Asian countries, are explained. Selected recipes are covered with easy to follow, step by step cooking demonstrations. Of course traditional Vietnamese food should be eaten in the traditional way – so Liz and Agnes demonstrate how to serve and eat a number of dishes.
Grade levels: Adult
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How to use Microsoft Excel 2007
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How to use Microsoft PowerPoint 2007
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How to use Microsoft Word 2007
How to … MS Word is a practical and powerful introduction to the wide range of features found in Microsoft Word 2007. The program is presented in seven distinct chapters – each covering distinct groups of functions available in Word. Viewers have the opportunity to see how the basic formatting commands are used right through to the advanced tools in Word such as macros and speech recognition. How to … MS Word is not only an invaluable aid in teaching basic and intermediate word processing skills but it also provides a useful refresher on the available tools to the older or more experienced user. The program is also very useful when introducing the Office 2007 package.
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General Office Skills
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Office Technologies
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Occupational Health and Safety in the Office
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Michelle Stanworth on Gender and Schooling
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Paul Willis on Learning to Labor
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Peter Townsend on Poverty in the UK
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