Cynthia Nelson

Several Christmases ago, I wanted a twist to the glaze I was going to put on baked ham, so I decided to add some mango achar to my homemade guava jam.

I don’t know about you, but I could do with some cheering up.

What’s Cooking is a series in which I answer questions and share advice about food and cooking that you have but may be too shy to ask.

It is not easy coming up with ideas as to what to cook to eat on a daily basis.

It’s a frustrating and emotional time in Guyana isn’t it? The past couple of weeks have been especially exasperating.

Every day I miss the men in my family, for all sorts of reasons.

When last you had Aloo (potato) roti? Earlier in the week I did not feel like eating any of the things I had cooked – not the roast chicken, eddo-leaf callaloo with coconut milk, fried ochroes, roast sweet potatoes, roast breadfruit or beef soup (hmmm, this means I have food for next week).

For us Guyanese, the headline should probably read, ‘Curry obsessed, are we?’

Social media provides multiple platforms for people to cook and share their food.

Last week, for the first time ever, I ate a hot dog with the bread-bun that accompanied it and I liked it.

What’s Cooking is a series in which I answer questions and share advice about food and cooking that you have but may be too shy to ask.

I lost my mother less than 2 months ago. Over the years, I have been fortunate, through my writings, to express thoughts of love and appreciation to my mother and for that, I am truly grateful.

There are certain dishes that are celebratory in nature. They are either made to mark occasions, or are seasonal, as in they are generally made at a particular time of the year for holidays or festivals.

Like many of you, I too have been baking since the Covid-19 lockdown.

Bread. It is the food that everyone has a passionate opinion on and about.

We are naturally social beings, but we now live in a time where we must distance ourselves from one another, to protect each other, with the steadfast hope that there will be a time, not too far in the future, that we’ll be able to freely be with family, friends and loved ones.

Get a glass, a nice wide glass or a tall glass.

With many of us working remotely (from home) in this age of Covid-19, we find some of our eating routine disrupted, altered, changed in some way.

What’s Cooking is a series in which I answer questions and share advice about food and cooking that you have but may be too shy to ask.

Every time general elections come around in Guyana, we find ourselves in the same place – shaking our heads as we wait for days for the official results to be announced, the country filled with unease and tension and suspicion rife.