Chef Bryan Caswell was 14 when he started spending weeks at a time in both of his grandmothers’ Louisiana kitchens. He wrote recipes down by hand, learned to can and pickle and helped build chicken coops. The first dish he made sure to learn was Birdie-Bea’s chicken and dumplings. He was worried that if nobody […]
On weekends in El Paso, Chef Lawrence Acosta watched his great-grandmother and grandmother make tortillas, salsa, guisados, beans and menudo for family gatherings. His great-grandmother lost her sight in her thirties and kept cooking by smell, taste, and touch. Watching her taught him how much you can learn about cooking by paying attention to what’s […]
For Chef Jacqueline Rojo, pastry has a place in life’s most meaningful occasions. A birthday cake, a wedding dessert or the final course of a first date can become part of a memory long after the table is cleared. That connection to the craft continues to guide Rojo’s work as pastry chef at Ámbar Restaurante […]
