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Having a Ball My Dhaling?
By Lamar Thomas at October 19, 2011 | 6:33 pm | 0 Comment
Into The Bizarre with Lamar In the most beautiful of times, Autumn, we crave hearty and easy to heat or reheat foods. In Southern tradition the tailgate, campfire, back porch and by the fire foods have to be able to rest easy to eat, keep warm and/or fit inside a bun. Wanting to keep the focus on Indian cuisines for America the options were very easy to choose from for more...
Beloved, the Wheys of Milk and Roses
By Lamar Thomas at September 21, 2011 | 9:17 pm | 0 Comment
Homemade cheese or paneer is daunting for a novice. We will take it a step further into making our own cheese curd. Dairy is very prominent in Indian cuisines. Making the curd evolved from the very simple technique of stirring lemon juice into boiling milk. India, Bengal/Bangladesh, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Tibet, South Asian, Latin, Germanic and Mediterranean all make more...
Chef Lamar: Notes on Flour
By Lamar Thomas at March 15, 2010 | 3:21 pm | 5 Comments
Use the right flour for the right dish. The type of flour used is vital to getting the recipe correct, don’t change flours called for in a recipe if you want to make that particular dish. There are consequences and you can ruin a dessert or bread by changing named flours. In other words don’t use bread flour when the recipe says cake flour. Why? Hard or soft wheat, more...
The Delicate Flavors Of Romance Arise With The Marriage Of Earth & Wave
By Lamar Thomas at February 9, 2010 | 9:39 pm | 0 Comment
February is a good month for personal treats. Our Georgia weather is a wild ride of warm cold cool warm cool wet and then that weird warm touch in the middle of February, it’s a stretch of extremes varied enough to call for something special to brighten the long nights of winter. Luckily, we have Valentine’s Day and that means a romantic meal in the company of a more...
Pomegranate In The House Is Very Nice
By Lamar Thomas at December 24, 2009 | 10:02 am | 0 Comment
Of the Seven Holy Species of plant pomegranate is the crown, the fertile one, the mystery, it is also one of the fruits of the Garden of Eden. The Seven Species indicates the plants given to ancient Israel. They are named in the Old Testament. They are: 1) Wheat, 2) Barley, 3) Grapes, 4) Figs, 5) Pomegranates, 6) Olives, 7) Date Honey or Dates. It is easy to see why these more...
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