Hope @ Independence

Hi Everyone, Happy Independence to brilliant, beautiful, bountiful Guyana!

Five years ago, I wrote about an ‘Independence food dream’ I had – one in which there was a table with a veritable feast of the foods of my country. All the dishes that celebrate the rich multi-ethnic and cultural diversity of Guyana were on that table – pepperpot, garlic pork, cook-up rice, mettagee, roti, duck curry, baked chicken and fried rice. Shrimp cakes, cassava bread,