King Cakes are a vital part of history of the New Orleans Mardi Gras tradition. The King Cake is baked with a small plastic baby hidden inside, the person who gets the slice with baby in it has to host the next party. Make sure to buy a new small plastic baby so you can [...]
Archive for February, 2012
Recipe: Mardi Gras King Cake
Posted in baking, Baking and pastry, cakes, chefs, cooking, cooking classes tampa, food, food blogs, food pics, foodies, French cooking, fun food, gourmet food pictures, guilty pleasures, king cake recipe, mardi gras, miami chefs, new orleans, personal chef tampa, personal chefs, random, recipes, strange food combinations, tampa caterer, tampa catering, tagged baking, baking bad, baking recipes, Cake, cooking, Dough, Flour, food blogs, Home, King cake, Mardi Gras, mardi gras king cake, mardi gras tradition, New Orleans, new orleans mardi gras, orleans mardi gras, recipes, Sugar on February 19, 2012 | 5 Comments »
Recipe: Citrus Infused Duck Confit
Posted in chefs, cooking, cooking classes tampa, food, food blogs, food photography, food pics, food pictures, food porn, foodies, French cooking, fun food, gourmet food pictures, haute cuisine, personal chef tampa, personal chefs, recipes, tampa catering, tagged chefs, classic recipes, Confit, cooking, Duck, Duck confit, duck legs, food blogs, food pics, food porn, foodies, french cuisine, Mastering the Art of French Cooking, personal chef tampa, recipes, Tampa personal chef, wedding caterer tampa on February 13, 2012 | 1 Comment »
Confit (pronounced con-fee) originated as a French method of preserving meat. Nowadays, it’s mostly used as a way to make delicious, fall-off the bone duck. In our version of duck confit, duck leg quarters are cooked slowly in rendered duck fat, fresh herbs, orange peel and spices resulting in an incredible flavor. This method also [...]
Recipe: Mango Salsa
Posted in chefs, cooking, cooking classes tampa, food, food blogs, food photography, food pics, food pictures, food porn, foodies, fun food, grillin' n chillin', healthy cooking classes tampa, macro food photography, mango salsa, miami chefs, personal chef tampa, personal chefs, recipes, tampa caterer, tampa catering, Tampa cooking classes, www.justin-thyme.com, tagged Andaman Islands, Central America, chefs, Cook, cooking, cooking classes tampa, dining, european cucumber, food, food blogs, food photography, food pics, food porn, foodie, foodies, gourmet, grilling, macro food, mustard seed, mustard seeds, personal chef, personal chef service, personal chef tampa, personal chefs tampa, Philippines, recipes, rice wine vinegar, ripe mango, seafood, Tampa personal chef, tampa personal chef service, www.justin-thyme.com on February 12, 2012 | 1 Comment »
The mango is a very common tropical fruit usually found in Southern Asia, especially in Eastern India, Philippines, China, Burma, Andaman Islands and Central America. It is cultivated and grown vastly in many tropical regions and widely distributed in the world. Mango is one of the most extensively used fruit for food, juices, flavor and [...]
February 12 - National P B and J Day
Posted in personal chef tampa on February 12, 2012 | 1 Comment »
Reblogged from Foodimentary – daily food holidays: Five Food Finds about Peanut Butter 1. It takes about 540 peanuts to make a 12-ounce jar of peanut butter. 2. By law, any product labeled “peanut butter” in the United States must be at least 90 percent peanuts. Below 90% and it should be labeled “peanut spread”. 3. The [...]
Recipe: Gulf Shrimp Ceviche
Posted in ceviche, chefs, close up food, cooking, cooking classes tampa, couples cooking classes, food, food blogs, food pics, food pictures, foodies, fun food, haute cuisine, healthy cooking classes tampa, personal chef tampa, random, recipes, seafood, tampa, tampa caterer, tampa catering, Tampa cooking classes, Uncategorized, tagged Ceviche, chef, chefs, Chicago, conch ceviche, Cook, cooking, cuban ropa vieja, culinary genius, ethnic dishes, Florida, Frontera Grill, Home, Key West Florida, lime, Mexico, Mexico One Plate At A Time, norman van aken, Olive oil, ox tail stew, Oxtail, recipes, Rick Bayless, Shrimp, Tortilla chip, Tostada on February 8, 2012 | 2 Comments »
As a young man growing up in Key West Florida, I was exposed to a variety of fantastically flavorful ethnic dishes from an early age. Dishes that I would, over the years, constantly try to recreate or infuse into new ideas. South Florida in general is home to a diverse multi-cultural landscape of people, rich in tradition and [...]
Justin-Thyme Food Photography 2011
Posted in personal chef tampa on February 8, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Reblogged from Justin-Thyme: A collection of some of our favorite and/or signature dishes from the past year. Justin-Thyme Personal Chef Service Provides Elegant Full-Service Dinner Parties to the to the Tampa Bay Area. Justin-Thyme Personal Chef Service Provides Elegant Full-Service Dinner Parties to the to the Tampa Bay Area! Do you love fine food and [...]
Things you should probably never, ever eat vol. 1
Posted in chefs, cooking, food, food blogs, foodies, fun food, random, reviews, strange food combinations, Uncategorized, tagged Bean, bizarre foods, chef comedy, chef humor, Cook, cooking humor, fermented soybeans, funny chef stuff, Home, Japan, Michael Jackson, Nattō, Soybean, strange foods, weird foods on February 7, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Natto I recently came across a container of fermented soybeans in the supermarket. I don’t mean an old container of soybeans some stock-boy forgot to toss. These are fermented-on-purpose soybeans from Japan. That’s what Natto is. I remembered hearing about this stuff on Iron Chef one time when it was the secret ingredient. The judges [...]
I used to write here, didn’t I?
Posted in chefs, chili, cooking, food, food blogs, food photography, food pics, food pictures, foodies, fun food, personal chef tampa, personal chefs, random, recipes, strange food combinations, tagged Cheddar cheese, chef blog, chefs, Chile powder, Chili pepper, Chili powder, chopped, Chuck steak, Cook, cooking, Facebook, food, food blogs, food humor, foodies, Friday, gourmet, home cooked, home meade chili, kidney beans, lazy chili, lazy cook, Maize, Mexican cuisine, mexican spice, personal chef tampa, personal chefs tampa, Phaseolus vulgaris, recipes, spice rub, superbowl, www.justin-thyme.com, yellow corn on February 7, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Time to get back to that. So many superb meals have passed through my kitchen in the last few years…most have been left unblogged, undocumented & forgotten. For some of them that may be for the best, but a lot of these meals should have been shared. So here we are again. Where to begin? [...]











