Posted AT 3:59 AM EDT on 03/04/08
Facing up to a new identity
VANCOUVER — Gathered around a kitchen stove at the Dasmesh Punjabi School in Abbotsford, B.C., Gurbir Brar, 14, and his friends are arguing about whether the onions for their vegetarian lasagna are properly cooked. The pasta is boiling away on a second burner.
Gurbir said he enjoys cooking just as much he loves to mimic his favourite wrestling stars. The same goes for the other boys, he said, who make up about half of the home-economics class.
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