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 | Aug 31, 2017 | Braises and Stews, Caribbean Recipes, Gasparillo Junction Travels, One Dish Meals
My first 24 hours here in Paris was filled with excitement of arriving after purchasing round-trip tickets earlier this year after my forty-something day holiday trip to the Caribbean. Lots of walking around in large train stations, transferring from one train line...
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...
