Stabroek Weekend

The term ‘fried’ in this recipe refers to the style of cooking we Guyanese employ when we talk about cooking vegetables – fried pumpkin, fried callaloo etc.

Mandevilla, a tropical beauty commonly called Rock Trumpet, originated in the forest of Brazil and comes from the Apocynaceae family Most Mandevilla species are also native to Central and South America Mandevilla was named after a British diplomat and gardener Henry Mandeville, who came across the species in this continent in the 18th century.

Following six rounds of scintillating chess, the Sinquefield Cup is off to a brilliant start in St Louis, Missouri.

The Least Grebe is a very small waterbird often found near freshwater ponds and marshes. 

Hi Everyone, If you are of a certain age you will recall the August holidays being rife with outdoor activities – climbing trees, picking fruits and eating them to our heart’s content, playing gam (marbles), hop scotch, and running our own Olympic-style races.

After I returned to Guyana from studying overseas, I was always met with stunned expressions when persons found out that I was pursuing a career in fashion.

The name is of English origin, but that is just where it stops, Middlesex, the first village in Canal Number Two, was bought by four brothers, Rahiem Lalman, Mangal, Liliah and Karan.

Introduction As I have opined before, the microeconomic information supplied in last Sunday’s column, depicting employment levels within the extractive forest sub-sector, generally conforms to what might have been anticipated, given the weak, erratic, and declining economic returns exhibited by the sub-sector, when analyzed from a macroeconomic/national accounts perspective, for the decade 2006-2015.

Combined efforts Having seen what has happened over the years to many economies of oil-producing countries, the thought has crossed the minds of many Guyanese as to what oil will do to this country.

I find it hard to believe that Donald Trump – whose candidacy was declared a year ago seemed a bad joke – is the Republican nominee for the presidency of the United States.

The official information is that Guyana’s petroleum deposits are estimated to be equivalent to 800 million to 1.4 billion barrels of oil from the results of two wells.

Most people I meet have this impression that the life of a travelling musician – as we say, “on the road” – is one big joyful experience, seeing new cities and countries, playing before ecstatic crowds, doing well financially, meeting famous people, after hours parties, nuff woman and food and drink, as well as the harder stuff, with the pattern repeated more or less every day, on and on.

As has been widely reported, Cuba has entered a new period of austerity.

There is an often repeated lament in Guyana about the state of the local theatre.

The Turquoise Tanager is mainly dark blue, with turquoise edging to the longest wing feathers and a yellowish lower underparts.

“Once every four years, the world goes to war. They call it the games.”

Dips and spreads make for easy snacking, creating sandwiches, and for impromptu entertaining.

Dracena reflexa commonly called Song of Jamaica originated in Madagascar and Mauritius.

Artists Stanley Greaves AA and Akima McPherson in this their 17th Conversation on Art discuss George Hope’s Mahagony sculpture Progress Through Unity, which is undated.