Jamaican Man!

Back from vacation, and back to Central Market Cooking School. I volunteered last night for the Terry Conlan class "What Jamaican for Dinner Tonight?" class.

We served: Goat Cheese/Hazelnut Fritter with Watermelon Syrup; Mixed Seafood Salad with Cilantro Dressing; Curried Roasted Prawns with Green Tomato Chutney; Bahama Style Snapper w/ Tropical Pico; Jerk Pork Tenderloin with Roasted Corn, Molasses Glaze, and Mango Cucumber Salsa; Individual Coconut Custard Meringues with Poached Pineapple.

Everything was delicious, although there was quite a bit of prep. We stayed busy, but had fun. We had a good crew. Paul was great as always, and two of the girls that were volunteering last night are just so wonderful to work with. Love them!

As I was leaving the store last night I ran into Chef Raif in the parking lot. He had been cooking for the store event "Grape Stomp". He was with some people, but still stopped to say hi and I got in a hug. Raif is such a sweetheart. I'm happy that he is having such success in his culinary career. I look forward to working with him on his holiday class in December.