by Michelle Demuth-Bibb | Jun 19, 2025 | Chef Spotlight, Featured Blogs |
At just 7 years old, Lucas Trahan was already a regular presence in his mother’s kitchen, certain he was destined to become a chef. At that same curious age, he also dreamed of becoming an astronaut, which may have been a lofty ambition of his, but his...
by Chef's Garden | Feb 19, 2024 | Culinary
Precisely plating a dish is like painting a culinary picture, and exotic kale provides you with bountiful brush choices. Colors come from the stunning hues of purple, green, pink, and white. Here are three ways that Chef Jamie Simpson uses exotic kale in his plates. ...
by Chef's Garden | Feb 5, 2024 | Culinary
The nutty parsnip is vastly underrated. After all, it becomes especially sweet and delicious after being exposed to the cold. Parsnips are quite versatile, too—partly because of how their sugar content allows them to caramelize well—and here, Chef Jamie Simpson shares...
by Chef's Garden | Jan 22, 2024 | Culinary Arts
Turnips have an amazing ambidextrous quality and are great in just about every application: blistered, grilled, fermented, poached, seared, steamed—and, especially, raw. Given their high water content, the naturally present sugars caramelize remarkably well, and the...
