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.

St. Patrick’s Day – Irish Cream and Coffee Cookies

Happy St. Patrick’s Day everyone! A great reason to have a drink and toast your Irish heritage – I know I’ll be having a sip or two! I was searching through my recipe archives and new posts recently for something Irish. I’ve done other Irish themed recipes on this site – Soda Bread, Corned Beef, [...]

St. Patrick’s Day – Irish Cream and Coffee Cookies2021-03-16T12:10:29-04:00

Almond and Olive Oil Cookies

Oh this is a good cookie for those days that you plan ahead to make a good cookie. I suppose it could also be an off the cuff “I need a cookie now" recipe as well. If you have the ingredients handy really any recipe could be an "I need a cookie now" recipe - made, [...]

Almond and Olive Oil Cookies2021-03-08T11:40:45-05:00

Turmeric and Curry Leaf Oven Roasted Cauliflower Florets

When I went shopping last week I bought a head of cauliflower - bright and fresh looking, some green leafy parts on the side. How could I say no!? This is a really tasty dish and even the carnivores in your family will enjoy it! This is cauliflower florets, marinated and oven roasted with - [...]

Turmeric and Curry Leaf Oven Roasted Cauliflower Florets2021-03-04T13:13:09-05:00

Lemon Ricotta Cake

Special day for me today, I get to make anything I want for the person whose birthday it is! And this is our first quarantine birthday cake together – hopefully we will be able to celebrate “when things get back to normal” with family and friends soon. My wife loves desserts – okay I know [...]

Lemon Ricotta Cake2021-11-08T11:58:27-05:00

Lemon Amaretti Cookies

Oh my goodness where is the time flying?! We are almost at the end of February! There are 24 days to calendar spring and although the one good thing to come out of this lockdown is that I learned that it is possible to go for a walk on a cold day and enjoy it! [...]

Lemon Amaretti Cookies2021-02-25T13:31:10-05:00

Healthy-ish Bars

I love cleaning out my pantry, but only when I uncover ingredients which force me to use them and turn them into something delicious (as opposed to tossing it out because it expired in 2019 – yikes!). These bars were inspired by two cans of condensed milk sitting in my cupboard which were dangerously close [...]

Healthy-ish Bars2021-02-20T13:10:54-05:00

Steamed Vegetable – Caribbean Style

Next time you go to a Caribbean restaurant (take out), if they have Steamed Cabbage as a side on the menu, order it – you won’t be disappointed. In trying to find more vegetable dishes to incorporate into our diet, I completely forgot about this one. It is one of my wife’s favorite dishes and [...]

Steamed Vegetable – Caribbean Style2021-03-27T11:10:11-04:00

Chocolate Chip Cookies

I think I have said this before, but I am truly grateful that my wife was never a fan of Valentine's Day! She is much to practical and smart to follow trends and others such things. Her thinking has always been that there shouldn't be a day that is dictated as to when you show [...]

Chocolate Chip Cookies2021-02-13T15:41:53-05:00

Chinese Egg Tarts – Year of the Ox

Gung Hay Fat Choy! Happy Chinese New Year! As I recall, we seemed to be shutting down last year at this time. So things are looking better, still need to stay focused and diligent about best practices though. While the celebrations this year (and I am so tired of saying this), will be very different [...]

Chinese Egg Tarts – Year of the Ox2022-01-31T16:01:35-05:00

Superbowl Food! Spicy Cheddar, Bacon, Jalapeno and Prune Savory loaf

For those of you who are regular followers of my blog, you know I’m a huge fan of Dorie Greenspan. I’ve always liked her recipes and I especially like the way they can be adapted – although they don’t ever need to be, to ingredients I happen to have on hand. This is inspired by [...]

Superbowl Food! Spicy Cheddar, Bacon, Jalapeno and Prune Savory loaf2021-02-06T12:56:56-05:00
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