Cynthia Nelson

Hi Everyone, Have you ever been in to a supermarket and noticed a round bright fluorescent orange sticker stamped on various packaged food items?

Hi Everyone, I hope you got a chance to eat some ‘granny ole-time food’ at the 2-day Visual Art and Craft Market held during the week on Main Street in Georgetown.

Hi Everyone, Have you ever cooked meat, or poultry, such as duck, in a pressure cooker only to have it turn to shreds?

Hi Everyone, I do not have the same exacting cooking standards as my mother.

Hi Everyone, Have you ever gone into a supermarket and picked up a pack of shredded vegetables, artfully arranged in a Styrofoam tray wrapped in cling wrap?

Hi Everyone, Like many of you, I grew up eating fresh food cooked daily, more than once a day.

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

Hi Everyone, I am not a daily bread eater but when it comes to feasts, festivals, and holidays, count me in for celebration bread!

Hi Everyone, What do you look for in a Cross Bun?

Hi Everyone, Picture this: finely chopped onions cooked slowly until soft and sweet; tomatoes cooked on low heat until they break down and melt, rustically pulpy; crushed garlic so soft that it creams easily when pressed against the back of a spoon.

Hi Everyone, One main ingredient. Two versions of a chutney. One cooked.

Hi Everyone, Most of the times when we cook, we chop, soften, mash and stir ingredients, bending them to our will to create the dish we want to make.

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

Hi Everyone, As a self-confessed weekday vegetarian, my friends tease me that I have it easy during Lent; that I have a readymade forbearance.

Hi Everyone, I’m rubbing my hands with glee – it’s Pancake day on Tuesday!

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

The addition of peas and beans to stews long ago was a way of stretching the meat.

Hi Everyone, Guyana opened its latest fast food restaurant chain in December – Burger King – and from all accounts, it’s a huge success.

For those among us who have resolved to cook more, at home, here is a dish that is fast and easy to put together – Shrimp Chow mein.

Hi Everyone, The year is still new, so hopefully you’re still in a resolution frame of mind.