Yummly - Feature Food Blog wrap up

Howdy y'all check out this feature that was done about me yesterday on yummly.com 

 Featured Food Blog: The Tomato Snob

By Shelley On August 28, 2012 · In Food Blog of the Day

 

Name: Jaime Verk Pérez
Name of blog:  The Tomato Snob
Twitter:  @thetomatosnob
Location:  Toronto

Describe your culinary style.
My culinary style is laid back honest food with a hint of gourmet. I hate the fussy French traditions and prefer take a simple fresh approach to maintain the quality of seasonal ingredients.

What is the main source of inspiration for your recipes?
I draw inspiration from a global flavors and put my own local twist on classic cultural dishes. For example right now I’m working on a recipe for Jamaican Pepperpot Soup using Ontario okra that’s in season right now. I love allowing one ingredient to inspire the culinary journey – you never know where it’s going to take you.

If you could have one food while stranded on a desert island, what would it be? 
It would be any sort of Asian noodle soup. Thai, Vietnamese, Japanese I’ll take any of them as long as I have hot sauce & fresh herbs.

For someone new to your blog, which recipes do you recommend they try first?

• In the fall I would definitely recommend them to check out the Parsnip & Pear Puree because it’s such a unique combination and really holds a wow factor.
• My recipe for Thai Sesame Slaw with Poached Shrimp is pretty simple (and delicious) 
• Another great one for an easy quick bread would be my Pumpkin Ginger Bread. It’s perfect for the holidays. 

What is your ultimate guilty food pleasure? 
My ultimate guilty food pleasure is going to a nice restaurant with a bunch of open minded food loving friends and ordering a very large selection of the menu. I want to taste everything!

Define Yummly.
To me yummly represents the love and ease of finding delicious recipes.

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Happy Happy Joy Joy.

I'm on cloud nine today minus a slight cold. I woke up to a bunch of email from friends and family saying they saw my recipe in the news paper. I know it's the only thing I can talk about lately but i'm so :)
If you'd like to download a pdf copy of the special please click here.


It's also been a super busy week at work. Yesterday we catered a 500 person party for the reveal of the new Audi. I'm going to try and get some photos of my beautiful cheese tray from last nights party. It was a beauty. I haven't really said much about it but  I started working  at an awesome catering company called Catering With Style.  It's a small company with a great hard working team, and I also get to work with a friend of mine which makes it a really fun environment.  This Sunday i'll be acting as the Executive chef at my first event alone for them. Now all I have to do is shake my cold - not time for sneezing, and no sneezing on the food! 

Keep your eyes peeled.

Good morning fellow Tomato Snobs. I just wanted to let you in on a bit of news. On Thursday, yes this Thursday October 20th, will mark the day of my first published recipe! Horay. I'm so excited! I didn't want to say anything until I knew for sure,  but I received confirmation yesterday. Please keep your eyes peeled if you live in Toronto my recipe for Pasta With Ricotta and a Fried Egg will grace the pages of The National Post. I hope this is the beginning of many of my recipes to be published somewhere other then my blog. 


I want to send out a big THANK YOU to all of my readers for inspiring me and pushing me to continue to follow my dreams! You are all awesome. A special thanks to Jesse for being my personal PR agent - you're the best!