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This week's region includes all of Asia, the Pacific Islands, Australia and New Zealand

Welcome Back!

This week we will take a look at the healthy foods from across Asia, the Pacific Islands as well as from Australia and New Zealand.

Please watch our video introduction by clicking on the image on the right.

This week we will have two Discussions:

Discussion 1 - Which country/region will you choose?

Each week, we encourage you to choose a country, or area, within the region we are studying, and do a little research into healthy, local foods and cooking traditions. You can use your local library, magazines, search the internet for good resources, etc. Discussion 1 will be where you let us all know which country/area you have selected and you can share what you have discovered about local, health promoting nutrients.

Discussion 2 - Now YOU'RE Cooking!

In this Week 4 module, we have posted two cooking demonstration videos of foods from this region. For Discussion 2, we are hoping you share a recipe or menu using foods local to the country/area you chose to focus on for our first Discussion this week. However, you may also post recipes from another part of this region if you wish.

A few helpful notes:

We have had a few questions about how to best navigate this class. There are a number of different ways but one easy way is to click on the "Modules" tab on the left-hand menu to see a list of what is in each module. When you see where you want to go, you can click on title of that item and you will be taken to it (as long as the content has already been unlocked).
When working in the Discussions, the volume of posts can be overwhelming. If you would like to search these posts to find participants who are posting information about the country you chose or one that you are interested in or even to find posts from a classmate you have enjoyed working with, you can search using the box at the top of the discussion posts. It says "Search Entries or Author". Click in it, write what you want to look for and results will show below it.
Please note that some participants were struggling with figuring out how to add photos to their Discussion posts. We have made a short video to show you the different ways to do this. You can watch the video here or you can find it later in this week's module contents.

If you have any questions for us, don't hesitate to post to the Ask Amy & Alison forum!

Looking forward to learning with you!

Amy & Alison