Tastes Like Home

Hi Everyone, the recipe I get the most requests for is dhal puri.

Hi Everyone, if you like Raisin Bread, then be prepared to love Antigua’s Raisin Bun.

Hi Everyone, After all the pancake-talk last week, did you make any?

Hi Everyone, Bring out the pans, the tawahs and the griddles, it’s time to mix the pancake batter and spread it, swirl it or drop it!

Hi Everyone, I’ve fallen in love, With beets. Food can be like people sometimes – you see them often, but never pay attention.

Hi Everyone, I have an idea to share with you. While it may not be original, I think I can safely say that perhaps many of you never thought of doing it.

Hi Everyone, on the morning of Wednesday, November 21, 2007, I received an email from an avid reader of this column and my blog.

Hi Everyone, Food never fails to surprise. You could have been eating a particular dish over and over again throughout your life and yet every time you eat it, new flavour dimensions are discovered.

Hi Everyone, This is a fresh column. It is the first for 2011 but I do not plan to bandy words such as vegetables, vegetarian, diet and healthy.

Hi Everyone, This week, we conclude our 3-part Holiday Baking Suc-cess series by discussing the ham.

Part 2 Hi Everyone, this week, we continue our Holiday Baking Success series by looking at the all-important Christmas cake.

Hi Everyone, ‘Tis the season the oven gets most fired up.

Hi Everyone, I made bacon! Yep, right in here in my home, I made bacon.

Hi Everyone, I had a totally different idea planned for this week’s column but that idea was immediately tossed aside when I popped the first piece of a caramelized-bottom of baked ripe plantain and bacon into my mouth.

Hi Everyone, With the American holiday of Thanksgiving less than two weeks away, all over the television channels, online, on air and in the newspapers, there is talk of the turkey.

Hi Everyone, Making Peera (Peda) from scratch is no simple task.

Hi Everyone, I am all for creating new tastes and flavours.

Hi Everyone, Trust me, no matter how creative you are in the kitchen, when you are constantly busy with work, you always find yourself making the same dishes over and over again.

Hi Everyone, last weekend, during my weekly telephone conversation with mommy, she expressed a desire to have a slice or two of raisin bread.

Hi Everyone, Each Caribbean nation has its signature bread-roll with its one-of-a-kind flavour and texture.