by Chef LAM | Mar 20, 2018 | Be Jolli, Caribbean Recipes, Lent Dishes, One Dish Meals
I get it. Coming home after a long day to face a hot stove and a refrigerator that resembles a secret basket from a Chopped episode is not the most fun undertaking at 7:00 pm on an empty stomach. And the realization of what I believe to be basic ingredients that...
by Chef LAM | Feb 9, 2018 | Breakfast, Brunch at home, Caribbean Recipes, Lent Dishes
Not to be confused with Sautéed Salt Cod, another popular Latin America and Caribbean must-have enjoyed with boiled ground provisions and grain dishes. It also has a distinctive reddish hue given using annatto or ‘roucou’ as referred to in Trinidad. Salt fish, as its...
by Chef LAM | Aug 25, 2017 | Appetizers, Caribbean Recipes, Lent Dishes, Meatless Mondays
I love when friends call me with casual invites to catch up! With its promised laughs in attempt to shift focus from the shitty state of the nation; conversations that provoke thoughts of how better we can be our sister’s keeper and the ever so NYC thing to do...
by Chef LAM | Aug 23, 2017 | Back 2 Basics, Caribbean Recipes, Lent Dishes, Meatless Mondays
While catching up with my brother, an occurrence that happens most times over internet messaging, today I made a well needed international call to Trinidad. Whether typed out or spoken aloud, our light conversations always start off with “so, what yuh drinking these...
by Chef LAM | Jun 20, 2017 | Caribbean Recipes, Lent Dishes, Meatless Mondays
Sweet Plantains with Sautéed Onions, Tomatoes and Jalapeños To this day I still enjoy eating boiled sweet plantains as a side dish, to accompany many a Sunday brunches. And with it being packed with Vitamins A, C and minerals like Potassium, I’m left feeling less...
by Chef LAM | Apr 19, 2017 | Appetizers, Caribbean Recipes, Lent Dishes, Meatless Mondays, Snacks
I don’t know which I like more–bread, butter or buttered bread. Some buy shoes or clothes to release tension built up and to be happier from professional and personal woes, I buy butter. Like, ‘good’ butter as Ina Garten would say as she cooks up absolute...
