Have you ever tried making sushi at home? Thanks to our Japanese friend Satoko and Gülcan who lived more than five years in Japan, we had a chance to taste freshly-made california rolls. They are definitely no comparison to the store-bought ones. There are a few key points to making a delicious sushi. For instance, using the best ingredients is one of them. If you want to give it a try, take a look at the recipe below. You will find more tips to make the best sushi.
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Another great Cultural Conversation event was held on March 13, 2010. The speaker was Professor Abdullah Yavaş of UW-Madison who is also a consultant for the Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey.

Abdullay Yavaş presented a slide show about Turkey’s Economy and Monetary Policy. He also mentioned various topics including the history of Turkey’s Economy, Turkey’s Economy current situation, global economy crisis, etc.

At the end of his presentation, he answered attendee’s questions. One of the attendees is Kemal Karpat, Turkish historian and professor emeritus at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, asked …

Sharing different cultural experiences as we share recipes is one of the main motivations of the Cook & Share organized by TACC-Madison. For this reason, we encourage our friends to share the recipes they know from other cultures rather than keeping it exclusively Turkish. Our friend Shannon, suggested we should try the famous Danish Kringle in one of the Cook & Share.
Have you ever been to Denmark? After Shannon’s demonstration we decided we don’t have to go all the way to Denmark to enjoy a delicious, crumbly, fresh-from-the-oven Kringle. The …

TACC-Madison held the another cultural conversation on February 13, 2010. This spectacular event drew more than thirty people to TACC-Madison. Most of the audience were distinguished graduate students from UW-Madison.

The theme of the program was “Road to Success in Academic Life”. The distinguished speaker was Assistant Professor Oğuzhan Alagöz from UW-Madison Engineering School.  Prof. Alagöz  gave an inspiring presentation about  key issues in academic life such as; how to maintain motivation, what the key points are in selecting dissertation topic and advisor,  how to keep good relationship with the advisor, …

Assistant Professor Mehmet Ö. Alkan at Istanbul University - Political Science.[Show as slideshow]