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By Cynthia Nelson | Saturday, July 4, 2009 | 2 Comments
Tastes Like Home
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A few months after completing my cookbook, I spent several weeks with a friend in the USA and of course, I cooked. …
By Cynthia Nelson | Saturday, June 27, 2009 | 5 Comments
Tastes Like Home
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I made pizza for the first time several weeks ago and marvelled at how well it turned out. The crust was exactly …
By Cynthia Nelson | Saturday, June 20, 2009 | 4 Comments
Tastes Like Home – Fond recollections as I eat
Hi Everyone, Have you ever sat down to a meal and as you are eating, you think …
By Cynthia Nelson | Saturday, June 13, 2009 | 3 Comments
Tastes Like Home
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What’s your steak preference – ribeye, strip, flank, sirloin, porterhouse, t-bone, prime rib…? And how do you like your steak – rare, …
By Cynthia Nelson | Saturday, June 6, 2009 | 8 Comments
Tastes Like Home
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When I wrote three weeks ago asking whether Barbados and Guyana can meet on a plate, a friend and regular reader, commented, …
By Cynthia Nelson | Saturday, May 30, 2009 | 1 Comment
Tastes Like Home
(Iraqi-style Beef and Vegetable Stew)
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Me: It’s a great meal to entertain with, it’s vegetables and meat, it comes with a sauce …
By Cynthia Nelson | Saturday, May 23, 2009 | 0 Comments
Salt to taste
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Recently, while I was conducting a private cooking class, my client said he was never sure when to add salt when …
By Cynthia Nelson | Saturday, May 16, 2009 | 6 Comments
Taste Like Home
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Long before the Prime Minister of Barbados announced in Parliament, a week and a half ago, the six-month amnesty for undocumented Caricom …
By Cynthia Nelson | Saturday, May 9, 2009 | 4 Comments
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Twice each year I go through a phase where I find food unappealing. I find myself not feeling hungry and even when I try …
By Cynthia Nelson | Saturday, May 2, 2009 | 3 Comments
Tastes Like Home
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Do you taste when you eat? In other words, can you discern what it is that you’re eating and drinking when you …
By Cynthia Nelson | Saturday, April 25, 2009 | 6 Comments
Tastes Like Home
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Breakfast we can forego, mid-morning snack, tea and dinner we can miss or have something light, but not lunch. Lunch is …
By Cynthia Nelson | Saturday, April 18, 2009 | 2 Comments
Tastes Like Home
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I’ve never been one to back away from a challenge. Though I’m the type who experiences a healthy share of intimidation and …
By Cynthia Nelson | Saturday, April 4, 2009 | 8 Comments
Tastes Like Home
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I love it when second, third or fourth generation Guyanese living abroad write and ask me questions about dishes and various foods …
By Cynthia Nelson | Saturday, March 28, 2009 | 3 Comments
Hi Everyone, have you ever been to a restaurant, eaten a meal or a particular dish and then tried to replicate it at home? Me …
By Cynthia Nelson | Saturday, March 21, 2009 | 0 Comments
Tastes Like Home
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Gulab Jamoon – that’s what was giving me all the pain in the kitchen two weeks ago. To quickly recap – In …
By Cynthia Nelson | Saturday, March 14, 2009 | 0 Comments
Part 1 – The Recipes
Tastes Like Home
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Never before have I ever been so frustrated, confused and at times angry in the kitchen as I …
By Cynthia Nelson | Saturday, March 7, 2009 | 7 Comments
– they’re not so different
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One main ingredient, with very similar modes of preparation, creates two dishes that represent two different religious foods in Guyana. …
By Cynthia Nelson | Saturday, February 28, 2009 | 0 Comments
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A couple of months ago as I was in the kitchen finely chopping some onions and herbs in preparation for a dish, a …
By Cynthia Nelson | Saturday, February 21, 2009 | 4 Comments
Hi Everyone, I was 17, it was my first job and someone in the office innocently asked what each of us had for breakfast that …
By Cynthia Nelson | Saturday, February 14, 2009 | 6 Comments
Tastes Like Home
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I come before you with my head bowed for I have flirted, cheated and obsessed about things other than my self-confessed true …
