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.

All-in Cookie

I know, it's been a while, lots going on that kept me busy.  But I will make it up to you with this recipe.  I call this the All-in Cookie.  It is packed with a variety of flavors from dried fruit such as cranberries, currants, raisins and sour cherries all reconstituted in a bit of [...]

All-in Cookie2020-10-12T19:36:15-04:00

Espresso Milo Cookies

This is a tasty grown up cookie.  It has all the elements of a child’s cookie – but it has the unmistakable quality of an adult cookie.  The espresso in this coffee is wonderfully pronounced.  This is originally from a Dorie Greenspan cookie which – as you know, is one of my favorite Pastry Chef’s.  [...]

Espresso Milo Cookies2020-10-12T19:36:16-04:00

Mario Wrote – Professional Chef Services – Dinner for 25

Hi Chris, I just wanted to take a minute to tell you how great everything was for the party. The food was simply delicious – folks were raving about the Beef Spoons, Chicken Skewers, Curried Maple Butternut Squash Soup, Beef Tenderloin and not forgetting the delicious Taiwan Rice and awesome Birthday Cake. There was so [...]

Mario Wrote – Professional Chef Services – Dinner for 252019-03-12T10:30:14-04:00

Spicy Szechuan Style Chicken

I know I've given you a lot of baking recipes - still seems like Christmas Treats rule this house.  I'm changing it up a bit with this recipe which is one of my favorite dishes to make. It has some heat to it – lots of heat actually, but you can tone it down if [...]

Spicy Szechuan Style Chicken2020-10-12T19:36:16-04:00

Blood Orange Sweet Potato Cake

Sweet potato! In a cake?! Well why not! Not much though, just ½ a cup, but it lends such richness and an earthy sweetness to this cake. But the real star is the boost it gets from the addition of the seasonally available blood orange. Only a little time left to get them, the season [...]

Blood Orange Sweet Potato Cake2020-10-12T19:36:16-04:00

Scotch Eggs

One of my favorite treats when I was growing up was Scotch Eggs. It was one of mum’s specialty dishes and although I loved them, I never made them – until today! As a kid growing up, it was like having breakfast for dinner. Mum would use ground pork and an array of spices to [...]

Scotch Eggs2020-10-12T19:36:16-04:00

Scotch, Bacon and Pecan Brownies

Oh these are grown up brownies and they are good! I would typically say “I know, I had you at bacon!”, but I’ve added scotch and pecans to the title - so really take your pick at where I had you! In any event, now that I have you here, you need to try these. [...]

Scotch, Bacon and Pecan Brownies2020-10-12T19:36:16-04:00

Nick Wrote – Professional Chef Services – Dinner for 2

I hired Chris as part of a Christmas gift for my girlfriend and all I can say is that our experience was amazing. First off we did not know what to expect but all of our expectations were surpassed.  Chris is such a pleasure to work with.  All emails were replied to in a very [...]

Nick Wrote – Professional Chef Services – Dinner for 22020-10-12T19:36:16-04:00

2018 Christmas Treat #12 – Gingerbread Cake with Lemon Curd Icing

So we started off the 2018 Christmas Treats with Mum’s Fruitcake, so let’s finish it off with another cake. I will serve this cake as the main dessert (along with all the cookies we made). The recipe reads very well and is from one of my favorite sites – epicurious, so I know it will [...]

2018 Christmas Treat #12 – Gingerbread Cake with Lemon Curd Icing2021-11-21T17:07:15-05:00

2018 Christmas Treat #11 – White Chocolate, Salted Caramel and Coconut Cookies

If you look back on my cookie recipes, the one fairly common ingredient I have never used in my cookies is white chocolate. Something about the taste of it that bothers me. But, one look through this recipe – slightly adapted from the “oh my veggies” website, and I knew I had 2018 Christmas Treat [...]

2018 Christmas Treat #11 – White Chocolate, Salted Caramel and Coconut Cookies2021-11-21T17:07:29-05:00
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