Everyday Chef http://hamptonroads.com/taxonomy/term/69 Category: Everyday Chef en-us Copyright 2008 PilotOnline.com / HamptonRoads.com. Thu, 04 Dec 2008 17:03:02 -0500 He recalls mother’s Puerto Rican roots in his daily cooking By Theresa Curry Correspondent Some household cooks are inspired by what looks good in the store or market; others head out with a recipe in mind. Still others plan ahead for several weeks of meals, buying ingredients in bulk in one giant shopping trip. http://hamptonroads.com/2008/11/he-recalls-mother%E2%80%99s-puerto-rican-roots-his-daily-cooking Wed, 12 Nov 2008 00:01:00 -0500 A trip to France really nourished his culinary roots By Theresa  Curry Correspondent Nursery food was not on the menu at the Bickford home when Jim Bickford  was growing up in the Stockley Gardens  neighborhood of Norfolk. He dined on sweetbreads and duck, oysters in season, crab and fresh vegetables. http://hamptonroads.com/2008/11/trip-france-really-nourished-his-culinary-roots Tue, 04 Nov 2008 00:00:10 -0500 For world traveler, there's no taste like home By Theresa Curry Correspondent He’s traveled everywhere and noticed everything. Barry Drude moved up and down the East Coast as a child with his Navy family. He settled in Louisiana as a college student, lived off and on in Virginia Beach, was stationed in Florida and Georgia, was sent to military trouble spots and worked for Boeing in rural England. http://hamptonroads.com/2008/10/world-traveler-theres-no-taste-home Thu, 16 Oct 2008 18:42:02 -0400 With a big family, she learned young how to cook for a crowd By Theresa Curry Correspondent WHEN DELORES CARTER was growing up in Hampton, there was a lot of food on her family's table on Sundays. With five sisters and five brothers, she didn't lack for company. Even as a very young child, she had a hand in Sunday dinner. http://hamptonroads.com/2008/10/big-family-she-learned-young-how-cook-crowd Thu, 16 Oct 2008 15:24:18 -0400 Good food is a part of the family story By Theresa Curry Correspondent http://hamptonroads.com/2008/10/good-food-part-family-story Tue, 07 Oct 2008 14:27:04 -0400 His breads, pizza and cake are gluten-free – and mouthwatering As often is the case with a diagnosis, good and bad came with Will Wyndham’s discovery he had celiac disease.  Thankfully, the 29-year-old Norfolk man stopped feeling crampy and sick all the time once he cut wheat, rye and barley from his diet. People with the digestive disorder can’t tolerate a protein called gluten, which is found in those grains.   http://hamptonroads.com/2008/09/his-breads-pizza-and-cake-are-glutenfree-%E2%80%93-and-mouthwatering Wed, 03 Sep 2008 16:18:04 -0400 Keeping health issues in mind, Chesapeake husband creates thoughtful meals By Theresa Curry Correspondent When John Herochik cooks, he thinks of his mother, Helen  Kustura, the oldest of 12 children growing up in New Jersey during the Depression. Helen, the daughter of Russian immigrants, lived with her family in a two-bedroom house, known locally as the home with the last working outhouse in Perth Amboy.  http://hamptonroads.com/2008/07/keeping-health-issues-mind-chesapeake-husband-creates-thoughtful-meals Wed, 30 Jul 2008 16:11:54 -0400 Chesapeake worker loves to cook, make his family feel good By Theresa Curry Correspondent He became a home chef for all the best reasons, said Sherrie Lindsey of her husband, Wayne: He loves to cook good food and watch his family enjoy it. "Now all men can throw a steak on the grill," she said, "but my guy whips up some beautiful vegetable soups with different stocks." http://hamptonroads.com/2008/07/chesapeake-worker-loves-cook-make-his-family-feel-good Sat, 12 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400 Caribbean vendor brings island spice to Norfolk festival By Theresa Curry Correspondent Paula Fleming grew up on a small island in a big sea, surrounded by the warm Caribbean. St. Thomas, one of the Virgin Islands, has about a tenth of the population of Virginia Beach, the city Fleming now calls home. One of her earliest memories is of her mother frying banana fritters, the smell of cinnamon and butter filling the kitchen. http://hamptonroads.com/2008/07/caribbean-vendor-brings-island-spice-norfolk-festival Wed, 02 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400 Ethnic foods give Northern transplants a taste of home By Theresa Curry Correspondent Al Castorano’s  grocery store was just across the street from a Brooklyn  brewery, so lunchtime was hectic. Dianne Bailey  has childhood memories of heading over there with her mother – Al’s daughter, Mary Augugliaro  – to help serve the hungry brewery workers. http://hamptonroads.com/2008/06/ethnic-foods-give-northern-transplants-taste-home Fri, 13 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0400