Chefs Tag

2022 Essence Festival of Culture held in Recent Orleans, Louisiana- July 1-3, 2022 St.Martin natives Chef Kareem Brooks and Chef Kénila Hyman gave a culinary demonstration in the course of the first-ever ESSENCE Eats Food And Wine Festival on the 2022 ESSENCE Festival of Culture. The chefs taught participants the way to make a number of tasty staple dishes from the Caribbean island, including traditional favorites like dumplings with crab, johnny cakes (or journey cakes) and saltfish. Those in attendance also got to taste these dishes that so many enjoy from the island that’s generally known as the culinary capital of the Caribbean.  For Chef Brooks, it was a singular opportunity to spotlight some dishes from his beloved island and connect individuals with the island’s...