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 | 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 | 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 | Sep 9, 2016 | Breakfast, Brunch at home
Breakfast, brunch or dinner, biscuits are a winner in my book. I can eat them all the time and my niece feels the same way. It’s her most requested thing to eat when she comes over to my apartment. I enjoy reading and baking new variations but when asked she...
