Plantains Foster Wontons

Plantains Foster Wontons

This was a 1st go at a new dessert. I wanted to take a basic bananas foster and turn it into a fried wonton with dipping sauce. Instead of bananas, I used some extra plantains that I had sitting around. There’s no recipe, so if you want to make them,...
Corn Cake

Corn Cake

I didn’t grow up a Southerner. I grew up in Massachusetts. Up there we only had one kind of cornbread…the sweet kind made from a box mix, usually Jiffy. Now that I’m a chef in the Mid-Atlantic (I have trouble referring to Maryland as “the South”), I often get caught...
Fried Chicken Recipe

Fried Chicken Recipe

Fried Chicken. I don’t really think the world NEEDS another fried chicken recipe. But, that’s not going to stop me from sharing this. First thing, I didn’t create this recipe out of thin air. I’ve done a lot of research (reading & eating). There’s a great book...
Innovations in Cream Cheese

Innovations in Cream Cheese

Why has there been so little innovation in flavored cream cheese? I’m sure that some would argue that we don’t need it, but I would find find it a welcome change. Having eaten them for more than 20 years, its always been the same cast of characters:...