Tasting: Everyday Exotic
By:
Mark Levine

Relax and breathe -- Roger shares well with others.
- Ingredients from the road-less-traveled are demystified to weekday-dinner status
- Simple, global riffs amp up the usual standards to the levels of minor brilliance
- Did we mention he's a chef AND hit recording artist?

- Third-generation restauranteur and chef
- Won the Canadian equivalent of a Grammy as well as some music videos awards
- 60's soul, R&B and hip hop flavored with some pretty crazy spice
- Performed with James Brown
- Loves eggs
- Papaya
- Lychee
- Nori
- Lemongrass
- Star Anise
- Szechuan Peppercorns
Check out Roger's official site and catch his show, Everyday Exotic, beginning May 31st. (If you can't wait, get a taste on Facebook.)
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