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.

2024 Christmas Treats – Shortbread-ish Cookies

If you are anything like me, time flies when researching for something to delight my guests with. I can sometimes spend days and weeks looking for that perfect recipe to try. The internet sure has made this process easier. I remember having to leaf through cut out or torn pages from magazines or newspapers or [...]

2024 Christmas Treats – Shortbread-ish Cookies2024-12-13T19:37:40-05:00

2024 Christmas Treats – Lemon, Strawberry and Ricotta Cookies

Pink, I know, it’s the first color I think of at Christmas! Just kidding, but these cookies are no joking matter! This is the first of the 2024 Christmas Treats. I picked it because they are flavored with freeze dried strawberry powder and lemon zest. Ricotta leaves them cakey on the inside with a slight [...]

2024 Christmas Treats – Lemon, Strawberry and Ricotta Cookies2024-12-13T19:38:59-05:00

2023 Christmas Treats – Two Meringue Cookies

Okay, if you tried the Bibik recipe, you will be left with a large amount of egg whites. There are a ton of things you can do with egg whites so don't fret! Here are a couple of meringue style cookies that are delicious - Coconut Meringue and Chocolate Meringue. Both similar, but my favorite [...]

2023 Christmas Treats – Two Meringue Cookies2023-12-20T14:45:54-05:00

2023 Christmas Treats – Bebinca, Traditional Goan Christmas Sweet

  Well, I can finally say I did it! Is it perfect? Well of course not, but I'm pleased with it!  It is referred to as the Queen of Goan sweets.  I'm speaking of course, of Bebinca (also called bibik). A long story follows, it tells of my first encounter learning to make bibik with [...]

2023 Christmas Treats – Bebinca, Traditional Goan Christmas Sweet2023-12-18T15:56:30-05:00

2023 Christmas Treats – Gluten Free – Teff and Oatmeal Cookies with stuff!

You know how I always say "you gotta make these...", well, you gotta make these gluten free Teff and Oatmeal cookies with stuff!  There was a lot of  stuff, too many to list on a title anyway, that I added into the cookie - white chocolate, cranberry and walnuts.  This is a cookie not just for [...]

2023 Christmas Treats – Gluten Free – Teff and Oatmeal Cookies with stuff!2023-12-17T11:24:03-05:00

2023 Christmas Treats – Spicy Crunchy Cheese Bites

Oh it's getting close to the end of the posts, not necessarily the baking, just the posting!  So I haven't really done a new version of Spicy Cheese straws or crackers, so this is it.  It uses a secret ingredient to add a bit of a crunch to the cookie/cracker.  Of course it's spicy but [...]

2023 Christmas Treats – Spicy Crunchy Cheese Bites2023-12-15T09:59:08-05:00

2023 Christmas Treats – Shortbread

This Shortbread has a lovely slightly crispy exterior and a melt in your mouth interior. The key to achieving this is really the weighing of the three main ingredients - butter, sugar and flour, and proper baking time. This cookie was inspired by the Apple TV show Ted Lasso. If you haven't seen it yet, [...]

2023 Christmas Treats – Shortbread2023-12-12T15:20:55-05:00

2023 Christmas Treats – Grand Marnier Biscoff Truffles

I'm still obsessing over the Chocolate Orange cookie in the last post.  Lots of steps, but I do hope you try making them.  So to make up for that, here is - for all of you non-baker cookie-lover types out there, a showstopper Christmas treat that you can actually make all year round.  Everyone is [...]

2023 Christmas Treats – Grand Marnier Biscoff Truffles2023-12-10T15:40:42-05:00

2023 Christmas Treats – Cocoa “Chocolate Orange” Ribbon Cookies

When I saw this cookie in my daily recipe search, I absolutely loved the look of it.  I debated long and hard "should I attempt it or not?".  Not because it was hard to make, it's the decoration of the cookie.  Anyone who know me, knows fiddly little things are not my cup of tea.  [...]

2023 Christmas Treats – Cocoa “Chocolate Orange” Ribbon Cookies2023-12-09T17:15:42-05:00

2023 Christmas Treats – Cranberry, White Chocolate Cookies

This is a lovely cookie that is good at anytime, but especially good now.  Cranberries evoke memories of celebrations, good food and of course - desserts! I picked this as another of the treats.  It is probably one you might have made a variation off in the past, but I liked how it came together, how [...]

2023 Christmas Treats – Cranberry, White Chocolate Cookies2023-12-12T15:21:46-05:00
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