by Chef LAM | May 16, 2018 | Caribbean Recipes, Cooking Tips, Desserts
If my memory serves me right the horns of the bread van would erupt loudly throughout the tunnel around three o’clock in the afternoon. To prepare us for its arrival and timed stay, the driver of the hollowed-out minivan, stacked with metal shelves cradling the day’s...
by Chef LAM | Feb 1, 2018 | Caribbean Recipes, Cooking Tips, One Dish Meals
As you would imagine, writing for my blog has created many opportunities for me to get my feet wet in many cool projects outside of my home kitchen. It’s fun cooking for one or as I’ve dubbed ‘single life cooking’: showing organization through simple cooking tools,...
by Chef LAM | Sep 28, 2016 | Cooking Tips
While working in one of New York’s very popular restaurants, a young chef fresh out of culinary school, eager to make her stamp in an unknown world, only lived through cookbooks, her mother’s recollection of running a kitchen and TV cooking segments willingly learns a...
by Chef LAM | Aug 17, 2016 | Back 2 Basics, Cooking Tips
Couscous is the rolled semolina of hard wheat that is cooked with steam and should not boiled. I eat this North African dish at home topped with any meat and vegetable dish with lots of gravy. Great dish to make for a weeknight’s quick dinner. I always used stock to...
by Chef LAM | Aug 9, 2016 | Cooking Tips
We are like children We’re painted on canvases Picking up shades as we go We start off with gesso brushed on by people we know Watch your technique as you go Step back and admire my view Can I use the colors I choose? Do I have some say what you use? Can I get...
by Chef LAM | May 24, 2016 | Back 2 Basics, Cooking Tips, Meatless Mondays
Vinaigrettes are easy to make at home and can be used on more than salads. There are vinaigrettes that act as marinades for meat and as dressings for pastas and grains. The definition is simple: a sauce made of the temporary emulsion of acid, oil and other...
