Capital District Region: New York State Performers, Programmers & Related Resources for Public Libraries & Groups


Performer Information
Stage name:	Norma Chang, The Travelling Gourmet
Performer name:	Norma Chang
Phone:	845 462 6489
Mailing address:	P.O. Box 911 Wappingers Falls, NY 12590
E-mail address:	Luv2wok@aol.com
Website:	http://www.luv2wok.com
Previous appearances at:	Dover Plains Library, South Salem Library, Rose Memorial Library, Ardsley Public Library, Dows Lane Elementary School, Irvington, NY Contact information for New York State Public Libraries
Information last updated:	08/06/2010

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Program
Category
Description
Fee

2010 NY SUMMER READING -- Make A Spash - Read -- JOURNEY UNDER THE SEAS WITH NORMA CHANG Nature- Animals,
Nature- Marine Life,
Science

**AGES 5 & UP, MIXED AGES. PARENTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO PARTICIPATE** -- A fun interactive program that allows children (and their parents) to journey under the seas using many of their senses. Through show & tell and hands on audience participation, children will discover some of the ocean's unique creatures and the many surprising roles seaweed plays in our everyday lives. HEAR the ocean in a spiral conch shell. SEE the various shapes, sizes, patterns and colors found in sea shells. FEEL & compare the different textures of star fish, seahorse, sand dollar & other items from the sea.
$201- $350

ADULTS -- Entertain with Ease Style & an Asian Flair 1 (Time-Saving, No-Fuss, Low-Fat Chinese Cooking) Health & Fitness- Other,
Life Skills- Food,
Multicultural- Other

**ADULTS** -- Get a head start on the holidays with some do-ahead party recipes. Chinese cookbook author, Norma Chang, will show you how to create several delicious Chinese dishes that are just right for the holiday seasons and can be incorporated into menus the whole year through. Do-ahead information, reheating instructions and presentation ideas will be explained. Recipes to take home. Program available WITH tasting (Size of Audience: 40) or WITHOUT tasting (Size of Audience: unlimited).
$201- $350

ADULTS -- Entertain with Ease, Style & an Asian Flair 2 (Time-Saving, No-Fuss, Low-Fat Chinese Cooking) Health & Fitness- Other,
Life Skills- Food,
Multicultural- Other

**ADULTS** -- Entertain, indoors or outdoors, with an Asian flair. Chinese cookbook author, Norma Chang, will demonstrate how to create several scrumptious, crowd-pleasing, Chinese dishes that are just right for entertaining. These do-ahead dishes store and travel well. Plan-ahead information will be explained and presentation ideas will be illustrated. These recipes can also be incorporated into menues the whole year through. Recipes to take home. Program available WITH tasting (Size of Audience: 40) or WITHOUT tasting (Size of Audience: unlimited).
$201- $350

ADULTS -- Garden to Wok - Growing & Cooking Chinese Vegetables Life Skills- Food,
Multicultural- Other,
Nature- Gardening

**ADULTS** -- Let Norma Chang, The Travelling Gourmet who is also a certified Master Gardener, introduce you to the joy of gardening. Learn which Chinese vegetables are suitable for growing in your area, their cultural requirements, when to harvest and how to store to maintain optimum quality. Show-&-Tell of available vegetables and a cooking demonstration and tasting of some of the vegetables discussed will be part of the program. Recipes to take home. Program available WITH tasting (Size of Audience: 40) or WITHOUT tasting (Size of Audience: unlimited).
$201- $350

ADULTS -- Getting to Know Tofu (Time-Saving, No-Fuss, Low-Fat Chinese Cooking) Health & Fitness- Other,
Life Skills- Food,
Multicultural- Other

**ADULTS** -- Discover the health benefits of soy. Learn how easy it is to incorporate soy into your daily diet using easy-to-prepare, low-fat recipes. Understand the calcium content of the different varieties of tofu in the supermarket. Acquire cooking tips on using fresh tofu, frozen tofu, green soy beans (also known as edamame), and much, much more. Recipes to take home. Program available WITH tasting (Size of Audience: 40) or WITHOUT tasting (Size of Audience: unlimited).
$201- $350

ADULTS -- Gluten Free Chinese Noodles (Time-Saving, No-Fuss, Low-Fat Chinese Cooking) Health & Fitness- Other,
Life Skills- Food,
Multicultural- Other

**ADULTS** -- Gluten free cooking made easy. Cookbook author, Norma Chang, will demonstrate how to prepare delicious gluten free noodles the whole family will enjoy. Recipes to take home. Program available WITH tasting (Size of Audience: 40) or WITHOUT tasting (Size of Audience: unlimited).
$201- $350

ADULTS -- Let Your Freezer Be Your Friend (Time-Saving, No-Fuss, Low-Fat Chinese Cooking) Health & Fitness- Other,
Life Skills- Food,
Multicultural- Other

**ADULTS** -- Cooking is so much easier and so much more fun when you make the most of your freezer by letting it be your friend and save time. Norma Chang will share her knowledge about freezing foods, how to freeze and more importantly how to reheat to maintain optimum quality. During this enjoyable, interactive, and highly conversational program, participants will learn helpful kitchen hints, practical do-ahead ideas, time-saving tips, how to make substitutes. Recipes to take home. Program available WITH tasting (Size of Audience: 40) or WITHOUT tasting (Size of Audience: unlimited).
$201- $350

ADULTS -- Low-Fat, High-Flavor Wokking (Time-Saving, No-Fuss, Low-Fat Chinese Cooking) Health & Fitness- Other,
Life Skills- Food,
Multicultural- Other

**ADULTS** -- Chinese cookbook author, Norma Chang, will demonstrate a healthy and easy way of preparing crisp-tender vegetables and succulent morsels of meat using very little oil yet maintaining that prized stir-fry flavor. During this enjoyable, interactive, and highly conversational program, participants will learn about Chinese ingredients, helpful kitchen hints, practical do-ahead ideas, time-saving tips, and how to make substitutes. Recipes to take home. Program available WITH tasting (Size of Audience: 40) or WITHOUT tasting (Size of Audience: unlimited). Gardening information on growing Chinese vegetables will also be included if there is interest.
$201- $350

ADULTS -- Oodles of (Chinese) Noodles (Time-Saving, No-Fuss, Low-Fat Chinese Cooking) Health & Fitness- Other,
Life Skills- Food,
Multicultural- Other

**ADULTS** -- Weaving time-saving tips and helpful hints into her presentation, Norma Chang enthusiastically demystifies Chinese Noodles for her audience and introduces participants to practical and easy-to-prepare noodle recipes. Recipes to take home. Program available WITH tasting (Size of Audience: 40) or WITHOUT tasting (Size of Audience: unlimited).
$201- $350

ADULTS -- Quick-Fix, Low-Fat Chinese Meals (Time-Saving, No-Fuss, Low-Fat Chinese Cooking) Health & Fitness- Other,
Life Skills- Food,
Multicultural- Other

**ADULTS** -- It is possible to eat well, eat healthy and not be a slave to the kitchen. Dinners under 30 minutes are do-able. Norma Chang will show you how to prepare easy and delicious Chinese *fast-food* dishes. During this enjoyable, interactive, and highly conversational program, participants will learn helpful kitchen hints, practical do-ahead ideas, time-saving tips, how to make substitutes. Recipes to take home. Program available WITH tasting (Size of Audience: 40) or WITHOUT tasting (Size of Audience: unlimited).
$201- $350

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* Inclusion in this database does not indicate endorsement of any performer or program by the NYS Education Department, the Office of Cultural Education, the NYS Library or the participating library systems, nor does it eliminate the need for reference checks and appropriate standard screening procedures.

Program	Category	Description	Fee
2010 NY SUMMER READING -- Make A Spash - Read -- JOURNEY UNDER THE SEAS WITH NORMA CHANG	Nature- Animals, Nature- Marine Life, Science	AGES 5 & UP, MIXED AGES. PARENTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO PARTICIPATE -- A fun interactive program that allows children (and their parents) to journey under the seas using many of their senses. Through show & tell and hands on audience participation, children will discover some of the ocean's unique creatures and the many surprising roles seaweed plays in our everyday lives. HEAR the ocean in a spiral conch shell. SEE the various shapes, sizes, patterns and colors found in sea shells. FEEL & compare the different textures of star fish, seahorse, sand dollar & other items from the sea.	$201- $350
ADULTS -- Entertain with Ease Style & an Asian Flair 1 (Time-Saving, No-Fuss, Low-Fat Chinese Cooking)	Health & Fitness- Other, Life Skills- Food, Multicultural- Other	ADULTS -- Get a head start on the holidays with some do-ahead party recipes. Chinese cookbook author, Norma Chang, will show you how to create several delicious Chinese dishes that are just right for the holiday seasons and can be incorporated into menus the whole year through. Do-ahead information, reheating instructions and presentation ideas will be explained. Recipes to take home. Program available WITH tasting (Size of Audience: 40) or WITHOUT tasting (Size of Audience: unlimited).	$201- $350
ADULTS -- Entertain with Ease, Style & an Asian Flair 2 (Time-Saving, No-Fuss, Low-Fat Chinese Cooking)	Health & Fitness- Other, Life Skills- Food, Multicultural- Other	ADULTS -- Entertain, indoors or outdoors, with an Asian flair. Chinese cookbook author, Norma Chang, will demonstrate how to create several scrumptious, crowd-pleasing, Chinese dishes that are just right for entertaining. These do-ahead dishes store and travel well. Plan-ahead information will be explained and presentation ideas will be illustrated. These recipes can also be incorporated into menues the whole year through. Recipes to take home. Program available WITH tasting (Size of Audience: 40) or WITHOUT tasting (Size of Audience: unlimited).	$201- $350
ADULTS -- Garden to Wok - Growing & Cooking Chinese Vegetables	Life Skills- Food, Multicultural- Other, Nature- Gardening	ADULTS -- Let Norma Chang, The Travelling Gourmet who is also a certified Master Gardener, introduce you to the joy of gardening. Learn which Chinese vegetables are suitable for growing in your area, their cultural requirements, when to harvest and how to store to maintain optimum quality. Show-&-Tell of available vegetables and a cooking demonstration and tasting of some of the vegetables discussed will be part of the program. Recipes to take home. Program available WITH tasting (Size of Audience: 40) or WITHOUT tasting (Size of Audience: unlimited).	$201- $350
ADULTS -- Getting to Know Tofu (Time-Saving, No-Fuss, Low-Fat Chinese Cooking)	Health & Fitness- Other, Life Skills- Food, Multicultural- Other	ADULTS -- Discover the health benefits of soy. Learn how easy it is to incorporate soy into your daily diet using easy-to-prepare, low-fat recipes. Understand the calcium content of the different varieties of tofu in the supermarket. Acquire cooking tips on using fresh tofu, frozen tofu, green soy beans (also known as edamame), and much, much more. Recipes to take home. Program available WITH tasting (Size of Audience: 40) or WITHOUT tasting (Size of Audience: unlimited).	$201- $350
ADULTS -- Gluten Free Chinese Noodles (Time-Saving, No-Fuss, Low-Fat Chinese Cooking)	Health & Fitness- Other, Life Skills- Food, Multicultural- Other	ADULTS -- Gluten free cooking made easy. Cookbook author, Norma Chang, will demonstrate how to prepare delicious gluten free noodles the whole family will enjoy. Recipes to take home. Program available WITH tasting (Size of Audience: 40) or WITHOUT tasting (Size of Audience: unlimited).	$201- $350
ADULTS -- Let Your Freezer Be Your Friend (Time-Saving, No-Fuss, Low-Fat Chinese Cooking)	Health & Fitness- Other, Life Skills- Food, Multicultural- Other	ADULTS -- Cooking is so much easier and so much more fun when you make the most of your freezer by letting it be your friend and save time. Norma Chang will share her knowledge about freezing foods, how to freeze and more importantly how to reheat to maintain optimum quality. During this enjoyable, interactive, and highly conversational program, participants will learn helpful kitchen hints, practical do-ahead ideas, time-saving tips, how to make substitutes. Recipes to take home. Program available WITH tasting (Size of Audience: 40) or WITHOUT tasting (Size of Audience: unlimited).	$201- $350
ADULTS -- Low-Fat, High-Flavor Wokking (Time-Saving, No-Fuss, Low-Fat Chinese Cooking)	Health & Fitness- Other, Life Skills- Food, Multicultural- Other	ADULTS -- Chinese cookbook author, Norma Chang, will demonstrate a healthy and easy way of preparing crisp-tender vegetables and succulent morsels of meat using very little oil yet maintaining that prized stir-fry flavor. During this enjoyable, interactive, and highly conversational program, participants will learn about Chinese ingredients, helpful kitchen hints, practical do-ahead ideas, time-saving tips, and how to make substitutes. Recipes to take home. Program available WITH tasting (Size of Audience: 40) or WITHOUT tasting (Size of Audience: unlimited). Gardening information on growing Chinese vegetables will also be included if there is interest.	$201- $350
ADULTS -- Oodles of (Chinese) Noodles (Time-Saving, No-Fuss, Low-Fat Chinese Cooking)	Health & Fitness- Other, Life Skills- Food, Multicultural- Other	ADULTS -- Weaving time-saving tips and helpful hints into her presentation, Norma Chang enthusiastically demystifies Chinese Noodles for her audience and introduces participants to practical and easy-to-prepare noodle recipes. Recipes to take home. Program available WITH tasting (Size of Audience: 40) or WITHOUT tasting (Size of Audience: unlimited).	$201- $350
ADULTS -- Quick-Fix, Low-Fat Chinese Meals (Time-Saving, No-Fuss, Low-Fat Chinese Cooking)	Health & Fitness- Other, Life Skills- Food, Multicultural- Other	ADULTS -- It is possible to eat well, eat healthy and not be a slave to the kitchen. Dinners under 30 minutes are do-able. Norma Chang will show you how to prepare easy and delicious Chinese fast-food dishes. During this enjoyable, interactive, and highly conversational program, participants will learn helpful kitchen hints, practical do-ahead ideas, time-saving tips, how to make substitutes. Recipes to take home. Program available WITH tasting (Size of Audience: 40) or WITHOUT tasting (Size of Audience: unlimited).	$201- $350