Tastes Like Home

Hi Everyone, Bajans (Barbadians) use the word ‘proper’ to signify that some thing, place or person is of the highest standard, quality and calibre.

Hi Everyone, Last week Friday my palette was brutally assaulted by the taste of dried herbs in the food I was eating.

Hi Everyone, Last week, in this 2-part series looking at the required water content for creating dough, I explained that there was no definitive answer as to how much water is needed to make dough.

Hi Everyone, We’ve all been there – trying to make dough for breads, roti(s) or bakes and being frustrated by not knowing exactly how much water to use, or, following the suggested amount of water stipulated in a recipe only to end up with an overly sticky mass or with loose dry bits of something far removed from dough.

Hi Everyone, Ever wonder why you love the Coca Cola in one country but can’t stand the taste of it elsewhere?

Hi Everyone, Happy New Year! Today is the 6th birthday of this column!

Hi Everyone, I cooked this year but not as much as you would think, due to a rather hectic travel and work schedule.

Hi Everyone, By the time you read this, the Pepperpot would have been made, the garlic pork set, the ham defrosted and possibly baked, the sorrel and ginger beer made and the Christmas cake, baked.

Hi Everyone, Though the holidays are all about traditions, as they should be, there is nothing wrong with shaking things up.

Hi Everyone, It is traditional at this time of the year that we have large hunks of meat as roasts, especially for the large family gatherings.

Hi Everyone, A Sunday afternoon in the kitchen with my sister, Pat, and my cousin, Yohann, was an occasion where too many cooks did not spoil the broth, or in this case, the potato salad.

Hi Everyone, You will recall last month (October), I invited you to a meet-up so that we could go eat at the Stabroek Market Cook Shops and show support for this vibrant part of Guyana’s street-food culture.

Hi Everyone, If you haven’t yet, then I urge you to pick up a copy of Barbadian Austin Clarke’s food memoir, Pig Tails ‘n Breadfruit: Rituals of Slave Food.

Hi Everyone, ●    Do you like making bread? ●    Are you intimidated by the traditional process of  having to knead and proof the dough twice?

Hi Everyone, I love my rubber spatula. Lest one becomes jealous of the other, let me say that I love my rubber spatulas.

Hi Everyone, Let me start with a cliché – with apologies to all English teachers the world over – “The more things change, the more they stay the same.” 

Hi Everyone, When I originally came up with the concept of Tastes Like Home, it was because I was missing the foods from home – Guyana.

Hi Everyone, “This is a cultural thing, you know. I been buying from this one shop here for more than 40 years now.”

Hi Everyone, Mention Devilled Eggs (aka Stuffed Eggs) for the menu of a social gathering these days and some people roll their eyes.

Hi Everyone, have you ever noticed how great food tastes when it’s a dish you didn’t plan or don’t quite have the ingredients for it, or you just threw it together on the spur of the moment?