Welcome to my Blog! Here you will find chronicles of my day to day life as a Chef. In it you will find pictures from my travels, read anecdotally about my dreams and aspirations, share my excitement on the discovery of a new (to me) recipe, tool or technique, as well as my trials and tribulations as a new entrepreneur, and anything else that strikes me as interesting, odd or just plain cool.

2020 Christmas Treat #9 – Thumb (Finger) Prints

I can’t believe in all the years I’ve been baking, that I have never before baked a Thumbprint Cookie. In my quest to always find interesting recipes, this one comes from my daughter’s good friend Elena – on her own, a professional Food Scientist with a passion for baking and cooking. She made them using [...]

2020 Christmas Treat #9 – Thumb (Finger) Prints2020-12-19T07:35:57-05:00

2020 Christmas Treat #8 – Traditional Goan Sweet – Bolinhas

The second in the Goan sweets category is called Bolinhas. These round cookies are easily recognizable because of the traditional “X” mark on top. It is another coconut based sweet and is also addictive. I made this a couple of times before hitting the mark, but I think this version of the process is spot [...]

2020 Christmas Treat #8 – Traditional Goan Sweet – Bolinhas2020-12-17T13:19:57-05:00

2020 Christmas Treat #7 – Meringue Swirled Shortbread

One of my favorite magazines Food and Drink comes from the LCBO.  It is published every 2 months and I always look forward to the picking up the next edition. By far, the Christmas issue is always a favorite of mine. I give them credit as their recipes have always turned out for me and [...]

2020 Christmas Treat #7 – Meringue Swirled Shortbread2020-12-17T07:58:06-05:00

2020 Christmas Treat #6 – A Devil’s Kiss

Oh come now, you didn’t really think I would miss on a savory cookie did you?! I have a chili pepper for a logo for goodness sakes! Keeping in the tradition of at least one savory cookie in the Christmas collection (https://foodinspires.com/2017/12/01/curry-leaf-and-dry-mustard-cheeselets/; https://foodinspires.com/2016/12/04/christmas-cookie-2-roasted-garlic-and-cayenne-cookies/ - to name a few). A very good friend of mine and [...]

2020 Christmas Treat #6 – A Devil’s Kiss2020-12-16T14:08:12-05:00

2020 Christmas Treat #5 – Traditional Goan Sweet – Gons

I am adding three Goan sweet recipes to this series – a simple Coconut Sweet - Gons, a more traditional Coconut Cake – Baath, and a roundish Coconut Cookie called Bolinhas, with a twist. Jeez, you’d think coconuts grew on trees back home! My wife and I picked the latter two from a collection of [...]

2020 Christmas Treat #5 – Traditional Goan Sweet – Gons2020-12-14T10:50:16-05:00

2020 Christmas Treat #4 – Sweet and Salty Maple, Pecan, Toffee Cookies

These are just ridiculous cookies! And I mean that in the nicest way possible. The sweet/salty maple flavor gives way to the pecan toffee bites. When these are cooling on the rack, it is utterly impossible to walk by and not put one in your mouth. This is Christmas Treat #4 – Sweet and Salty [...]

2020 Christmas Treat #4 – Sweet and Salty Maple, Pecan, Toffee Cookies2020-12-11T12:30:45-05:00

Miso Marsala Glazed Salmon with Scallion-Oil Noodles

This is a complete meal blog - main and side!  What makes it taste special is this simple umami flavor-bomb glaze for the salmon.  The big secret to any glaze - just kidding, no secret, is to always make it super tasty. In the cooking classes I would always teach this concept - common sense [...]

Miso Marsala Glazed Salmon with Scallion-Oil Noodles2020-12-07T09:37:56-05:00

Apple, Carrot and Seed Muffins

Looking for a not too sweet, crunchy, chewy, moist bite of deliciousness in your day? Try these muffins! I know I’ve given you a lot of apple recipes, but you can always substitute and I listed some possible substitute for them in the recipe section below.  This is a great treat for those mornings where [...]

Apple, Carrot and Seed Muffins2021-02-05T09:11:49-05:00

2020 Christmas Treat #2 – Minced-fruit Cake

This recipe is modified from an original black cake recipe. Two reasons, first – I chickened out with going too dark on the sugar – it looked black but clearly didn’t come out as black as the pictures I've seen of black cake. Second, I was never a big fruit cake fan – not a [...]

2020 Christmas Treat #2 – Minced-fruit Cake2020-12-03T10:46:04-05:00

2020 Christmas Treat #1 – Medjool Date and Walnut Spice Biscotti

Well it is coming close to the end of a most bizarre year - certainly the most in my life time!  So let's give a fitting "shove off 2020" with some treats for our very different upcoming Christmas and New Years.  The optimist in me says we need to get the virus under control so [...]

2020 Christmas Treat #1 – Medjool Date and Walnut Spice Biscotti2020-12-02T15:05:55-05:00
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