Tastes Like Home

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

Hi Everyone, There comes a time when you wonder if your friends enablers are genuinely motivated by a desire to see you create and succeed, or whether it is to appease their hunger.

Hi Everyone, There is one constant in life – we are always learning.

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.

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

Hi Everyone,   Karaila (bitter melon/bitter gourd), like okra, is one of those vegetables that you either love or hate.

Hi Everyone, I have often been asked what it means to adapt a recipe.

Hi Everyone, For the past few months I have been on a flat bread baking-bender.

Hi Everyone,   I enjoy watching people cook – from prep, to plating.

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

Hi Everyone, Disclaimer – I have not been solicited in any way to write about this product.

Hi Everyone, Over the years there have been and continue to be many complaints from parents about what their children won’t eat and don’t want to eat.

Hi Everyone, As you know by now, I am not really a dessert person, however, I really like certain baked items when made properly.

Hi Everyone, A little over 2 weeks ago an exchange took place on Facebook between Vibert Cambridge and Henry Muttoo.

Hi Everyone, On a daily basis we can choose from a variety of starches to accompany the protein part of our meal that may consist of meat, seafood, vegetables, or legumes.

Hi Everyone, As I told you last week, my mother is visiting and, over the period of time that she’s been here, there have been several requests for specific things that she would like to eat and drink.

Hi Everyone,   It didn’t just happen but it is only now that I have come to fully understand how much arthritis has affected and changed the use of my mother’s hands in the kitchen.

Hi Everyone, There is a golden rule when entertaining, particularly for small gatherings – that we cook to suit the tastes of our invited family and friends and not exclusively to our likes.

Hi Everyone,   This column was written on Thursday, April 28, 2016.

Hi Everyone, Bruise, bash, chop, crack, crush, grind, pound, smash – are among the many applications we make to ingredients when cooking.