Tastes Like Home

Hi Everyone, I’m a huge fan of the Harry Potter series and Tolkien’s Lord Of the Rings trilogy, so last year when I read an article about Cuba mass planting the “Magic Tree”, I quickly wondered if it was the ‘tree of life’ Gandalf referred to in the Lord Of The Rings… just kidding!

Hi Everyone, I’m sure that many of you have had stuffed duff before.

Hi Everyone, It does not take much convincing for me to try a new or different recipe when certain ingredients are involved.

Hi Everyone, Want a sauce that you can use with rice, noodles, ground provisions, seafood, poultry, meat and vegetables?

Hi Everyone, Cucumber sandwiches are often described as dainty and delicate, rarely are they thought of in the realm of eye candy, unless they are prepared as open-face sandwiches.

Hi Everyone, Disclaimer: I am not a food critic nor do I aspire to be one.

Hi Everyone, Serve a Guyanese a fish cake that doesn’t look like the fish cakes they are accustomed to and they fight hard to hide their shock as they reluctantly reach for it.

Hi Everyone, THE SCENE: Time –early Saturday morning. Location – Cheapside (Barbados Vendors) Market in Bridgetown Place – at the stall run by a Guyanese.

Hi Everyone, One of the main reasons I like to cook roast pork is just so that I can make and eat the cracklings.

Hi Everyone, There is no doubt that garlic butter is magnificent on warm bread.

Hi Everyone, I’ve lamented about it often enough but just in case your memory fails you, let me offer a refresher.

Hi Everyone, the fight for crusty, overcooked, highly flavourful bottoms (bun-bun), corners, edges and ends of cooked food and baked items can be fierce.

Hi Everyone, there are several ways to prepare fish to fry: seasoned, and dusted with flour, breadcrumbs, cornmeal or some other type of dry breading.

Hi Everyone, Pancake Day is just a few days away… what’s the syrup plan this year for drizzling your pancakes?

Hi Everyone,  A little over two weeks ago when I shared my Holiday Bits, with you, I mentioned that I did not make any garlic pork for Christmas.

Hi Everyone, There are certain dishes that just make your day.

Hi Everyone, I was planning to hopefully recreate a treat I’d eaten a few times from a snack lady while at secondary school.

Hi Everyone, Think of this week’s column as one of those dishes you prepare with scraps of ham left over from the holidays.

-Everything in moderation Hi Everyone, No food is bad or unhealthy.

Hi Everyone, One of the many things I like about writing this column is that it offers me the opportunity create old time favourites and discover new tastes and flavours.