Just Maika Cooking is a food blog that serves "Dinner Inspirations for the Food Enthusiast." It is a culinary adventure that invites readers who are home cooks to explore a world of flavors and experiment with ingredients to create restaurant-quality meals at home.

With a focus on bold tastes and innovative recipes, the blog offers diverse dishes that draw inspiration from global cuisines and ingredients. Each post is crafted to inspire food enthusiasts to push the boundaries of their culinary skills, transforming ordinary dinners into extraordinary dining experiences.

Whether you're a seasoned cook or a kitchen novice, Chef Maika’s blog is a go-to resource for anyone looking to elevate their home cooking with vibrant, daring flavors.

Learn where to find the best ingredients and how to wield culinary techniques to elevate the home cooking experience. Just Maika Cooking caters to diverse tastes and any dietary needs, offering adaptations for various restrictions with accessibility for all to guarantee a delightful meal for every plate.

Experience the joy of cooking through the cultural tales behind dishes, the personal touches that make each recipe unique, and expert advice on utilizing kitchen tools effectively.

Whether it's decoding intricate dishes or seeking the perfect product reviews, this blog is the go-to guide, complete with visual and textual narratives that bring the aromatic attraction and vibrant visuals of gourmet, restaurant-quality cooking to life.

Here, I explore a panorama of flavors, crafting recipes that bring the sophistication of restaurant dining into your home with meals designed to dazzle your palate. Life has always been a balancing act for me—between a full-time career, furthering my education, raising my son, and nurturing my Just Maika Cooking blog.

I understand the challenge of limited time and the desire to enjoy exquisite, gourmet experiences at your table. Join me as we explore ways to take the art of restaurant quality cooking made simple for household kitchen, turning every dinner experience into a special occasion because we all deserve a splash of creativity in a routine-heavy life.

I have created this blog to share my passion for recipes inspired by different cultures around the world. I love exploring various foods by traveling and experimenting with different flavors to add my twist of heat. There's nothing more satisfying than tasting a dish that's rich in culture, history, and the people who make it.

As always, I hope you enjoy your experience at Just Maika Cooking!

I enjoy experimenting with dishes from different cultures. Before cooking them, I research to ensure I understand the process and ingredients involved. If I'm unable to do this, I find a place that makes the dish authentically.

Once I'm in the kitchen, I use my imagination to make creative changes to the recipe by incorporating techniques from other recipes with similar ingredients. For this reason, I often name the dish by its main ingredients rather than its actual name. This allows me to be more creative without worrying about missing ingredients or cooking styles.

As a result, the dishes on my blog are not authentic, as my intention is not to create original dishes but rather to experiment with them. I hope you enjoy my version, and I would love to hear about any changes you made when you cook it. I always explore, experiment, and taste, and I enjoy hearing about other cooks' versions of a dish.

Through trial and error. My home kitchen is my test kitchen, where recipes are made repeatedly before being posted for my very opinionated loved ones to critique—oh boy, can they critique! The pressure is intense! Follow me @JustMaikaCooking on Instagram, where I will post my developed recipes.

I formally had a personal food blog called "Journey of a Foodie Fool" on Blogger in 2006 to share photos of my travel with family and friends. I enjoyed sharing my day-to-day cooking, both in the professional kitchen and at home.

Then, I stopped working professionally as a cook to be a teacher to take care of my son with autism and started using my blog to save recipes that were created at home digitally. Now that my son is older, I have decided to revamp my blog, take it more seriously, and share it with everyone outside my circle as Just Maika Cooking.

Ever since I was a child, I dreamed of working in the kitchen as a culinary chef and carrying on the legacy of my Haitian grandmother, Gisele. I wanted to create dishes that people would never forget and eagerly anticipate the next meal, just like my grandmother.

I had the opportunity to pursue my dream by using my creativity to please other people's palates professionally years ago. Now, I work as a recipe developer and culinary coach.

Thank you for your incredible support and for being a part of my journey. Through this blog's creative content, recipes, videos, and food photography, I aim to provide an exceptional experience. Your involvement helps it flourish!

This website is lovingly dedicated to my grandmother, Gisele Corvoisier, who was a Haitian immigrant, the heart of our family, and a pillar in the Little Haiti community of Miami.
-Maika