Looking for a quick and easy twist on a baked or roasted chicken? Try out this recipe from the K. Parris Kitchens!! Enjoy…
Scallion Herb Butter Roasted Chicken

Serves: 4
Ingredients:
1 large chicken, washed & patted dry
1 small onion, peeled & quartered
1 bay leaf
3 cloves
1 lemon, half sliced, half cut up
5 cloves of garlic
2 stalks of scallion, sliced [...]

The elders making this recipe refuse to tell us the secret to it, so we did a little research and came up with what we hope is a sweet and tasty close second. Enjoy, love up your family, and Happy Holidays from ours to yours!

As we close out another lovely Spirited Saturday, we couldn’t leave you all without some Christmas favorites of ours, Trini style!

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First….this is just all sorts of sex sells gone horribly wrong.
Next, be very, very quieeet, we’re cookin wabbit.
You might have noticed that there was a decline in the availability of such vegetables as squash and tomatoes over the past few months. Here’s a great article detailing the demise of the Tri-State’s 2009 growing season.
Tis all for [...]

For me, the demise of Gourmet magazine represents an even bigger loss…the loss of a food cultural icon. More than a magazine for aspiring gourmets, Gourmet magazine focused on the art of food and its creation.

Currently also featured on GraeGram.com, this week’s gives you a peek into the phenomenon that is Nuevo Latino cuisine. Look out next week for a new recipe buzz up!
So my cousin gave me a buzz earlier on in the week. She was in the mood for Cuban food. Now me, I’m always in the [...]

So you’re out with your friends on a Friday night. Or perhaps you and a pal are simply doing lunch. Maybe you don’t feel like cooking tonight and you want to pick up take out. Only problem is…you are relegated to relative house salad doom because you are a vegetarian and that’s the only thing on the menu that has no meat. Geez.

Welcome to K. Parris’ food related blog, based on some of my experiences in the industry, some of my past experiences, and some tips of the trade to help some of you ‘foodies’ and aspiring chefs.
So I’m an ex-foodie…sort of. The term ‘foodie’ originated from critics who set out to distinguish those who liked food, [...]