Detroit chef and philanthropist Max Hardy took pride in cooking up dishes that excited the palate.

Inspiration behind some of these cuisines

How to put a Caribbean twist on your meal

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I added some pics of my favorites below but first let me tell you about this restaurant and Chef Max. COOP Detroit is one of several restaurants there and it features a fast-casual style cuisine combining Asian and Caribbean flavors. Chef Max was born and raised in Detroit before attending culinary school in Miami, Florida at Johnson & Wales University. WDIV Tasty Tuesday (WDIV)Here are a few of my favorites I tasted this morning from the COOP Detroit menu. I’ll have the problems to watch out for and help you get around any of those trouble spots.

Monday is National Chicken Wing Day, and to celebrate, we thought it would be great to take some everyday pantry items and use them to make delectable wings at home. Dominique Black, the owner of Plated, who also works with chef Max Hardy, joined us Monday to give us tasty wing sauce ideas. The first sauce Black made started with a base of sriracha sauce, then, she added a pinch of salt and pickled carrot juice. Black says the pickled carrot juice helps balance out the sriracha because sriracha is on the spicy side. "The pickled carrot juice adds a little bit of sweet," she said.