by Chef LAM | May 23, 2018 | Caribbean Recipes
An adaptation of a Hot Ginger Prawns recipe from one of the many cookbooks that sit on my bookshelves and on the limited counter space in my apartment kitchen. Their glossy and matte covers in no order lend a colorful literary mix to the fictional tales,...
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 | 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 | May 5, 2017 | Braises and Stews, Caribbean Recipes, Meat Dishes
What better occasion than Cinco de Mayo to have a delicious overlapping of cultures with these Curry Goat Tacos to serve to friends. Two years ago while still figuring out if blogging was a direction I should go, I wrote a ‘Taco Night’ post on Tumblr. Three short...
