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.

Asian Pork Riblets

I have been meaning to post this recipe for a while now, but each time I make it we dig into it before getting the pictures for the blog.  But today, I was determined to take pictures before sitting down to dinner.  For a dish with so few ingredients, it is packed with enormous taste.  [...]

Asian Pork Riblets2021-02-02T15:54:15-05:00

Earl Grey and Dark Chocolate Cake

A few years back, I had the pleasure of meeting and Chef’ing for a class led by Stephen Twining – a 10th generation Twining and Tea Ambassador. He was introducing a new line of tea which I used to make some Earl Grey shortbread cookies (https://foodinspires.com/2016/03/01/twinings-london-strand-earl-grey-tea-cookies/). Last week I ran across a recipe for a [...]

Earl Grey and Dark Chocolate Cake2021-02-09T14:34:55-05:00

Salted Maple Tahini Brownies

Who would have thought that those tiny seeds would have so much flavor in them. I’m talking about sesame seeds of course, and in this recipe – tahini, specifically. I love the earthy taste that can be made both savory and sweet. This is a maple brownie with a tahini infused cookie base. Not your [...]

Salted Maple Tahini Brownies2021-01-20T08:54:34-05:00

Indonesian Style Fried Rice

Dare I say it?!  Nasi Goreng-ish with a twist (of course). I was looking through old photographs in my archives and found this picture of a recipe I first made probably 15 – 20 years ago. It’s been done a few times since then and I don’t know why it never got blogged. But here [...]

Indonesian Style Fried Rice2021-01-07T13:59:25-05:00

Whole Orange Cake

Happy 2021 everyone! I trust you had a great New Year’s Eve and a great start to the year! Different than what we are probably used to  but  I was never a big fan of New Year’s Eve events anyway. It was always such a bother to get ready, fight the crowds to get there, [...]

Whole Orange Cake2021-01-03T16:57:33-05:00

2020 Christmas Treat #12 – Gingerbread Cookies

Well this is the last recipe in the 2020 Christmas Treat series. An unusual year no doubt and I really hope I have given you recipes that made you hungry and blogs that made you smile. This is an old standby, thousands of recipes out there, I put my twist on the spice mix (well [...]

2020 Christmas Treat #12 – Gingerbread Cookies2020-12-23T16:15:21-05:00

2020 Christmas Treat #11 – Flourless Chocolate Walnut Cookies

This is one of the most delicious flourless cookies I have ever tried. It’s from the master Pastry Chef Francois Payard. There are a ton of variations out there and this is another one – more meat on the best bones – so to speak, this is Christmas Treat #11 – Flourless Chocolate Walnut Cookies.  [...]

2020 Christmas Treat #11 – Flourless Chocolate Walnut Cookies2020-12-21T09:31:22-05:00

2020 Christmas Treat #10 – Traditional Goan Cake – Baath

This is the third and final Goan sweet recipe of the 2020 series. It is a lovely textured cake called Baath or Batica (pronounced the same way as the first spelling). This was also one of those cakes that was made with thousands of variations all incorporating the same ingredients in slightly different quantities and [...]

2020 Christmas Treat #10 – Traditional Goan Cake – Baath2020-12-20T12:01:49-05:00

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
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