Semiserious Chefs

So I’m calling this dish Cinnamon and Coriander Fried Chicken because those are the two flavors I want to highlight with this chicken. Here’s the story. As I was messing around the other day, or as I like to call it; working in my mini test-kitchen, I figured something out. I was over complicating how […]

Pulling together this blend was a bit of a kick in the pants. Saying you have the recipe for berbere (pronounced bur-bur-EE) is about the same as saying you have the recipe for barbecue sauce, or the ras el hanout blend. Every family, mother, grandmother, cousin, region, restaurant, and spice shop has their own concoction. […]

There was an initial question about how “P.C.” the title of this recipe is, but my concluding thought was that there isn’t anyone left from the area to be offended by it. The foundation of this blend came with an attempt at making a personalized Greek seasoning. At one point we discussed blackened chicken and […]

Taro is a starch used by nations all around the world, and in a lot of different ways. Having started with a Trinidad inspired dish involving coconut, it was only fitting to head to Asia, strongly believed to be the traditional home of the taro root, and create an entirely different dish that also uses […]

As the name implies, this recipe has been inspired by the cuisines of Ghana, Nigeria and other West African countries. It’s important to note the use of true yam for this dish. In the US we often times have two sweet potato varieties that are marketed as sweet potato, the pale colored sweet flavored potato, […]

White Chili. It’s the title of this dish but also the key ingredient. When I created this recipe I had two things in mind. Chili needs meat, (but I also like beans in mine), and chili should taste like chilies. Keeping things white, the protein of choice, chicken, was easy, but how to have a […]

This soup is so sweet and totally nutritious! There is very little prep-time involved so it’s a perfect meal for a busy day, when you need to be able to walk away from the kitchen for a little while. Adding toasted coconut really brings this soup up a notch. I highly suggest it! By adding […]