I’ve been collecting recipes for many years now. Here are a few of the ones that caught my eye. Although you may find it in one category, it could easily fit into another i.e. an appetizer could also be found in a main etc. Some have been tried, my comments usually show up in italics if I have made them. I’ve given credit to Chef’s/authors/publishers whose names I wrote down when recording the recipes, but go figure – in at the tail end of the boomer generation and blogs didn’t exist when I started collecting them and I never thought of a website either. If I’ve violated any copyrights – just let me know and I’ll fix it. If you try a recipe and have comments, please let me know, I’ll respond. As always – enjoy! Thanks – Chris (cater@foodinspires.com)

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

Coffee, Cocoa and Maple Cookies

In my morning scan of recipes (a while back), I came across this super interesting technique for making these delicious cookies. The flavoring for the cookies caught my eye, three of my favorite flavors - coffee, maple syrup and chocolate. But what really got me interested was the technique used to make the cookies.  There [...]

Coffee, Cocoa and Maple Cookies2021-02-12T08:30:16-05:00

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

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
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