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By Cynthia Nelson | Saturday, February 7, 2009 | 1 Comment
Tastes Like Home
Hi Everyone, For almost two decades I have not touched or tasted a sweet and sour dish. Hold on, two decades?! Man I’m …
By Cynthia Nelson | Saturday, January 31, 2009 | 1 Comment
Hi Everyone,
Yellow Fried Chicken (Ayam goreng kuning) (Photo by Cynthia Nelson)
Raise your hand if like fried chicken. Raise both of your hands if you …
By Cynthia Nelson | Saturday, January 24, 2009 | 2 Comments
Jam versus jelly versus marmalade
Hi Everyone,
“Would you please pass the jelly?” Remember that line from one of the old Polander All-Fruit commercials? The one where …
By Cynthia Nelson | Saturday, January 17, 2009 | 0 Comments
Describing our cuisine
Hi Everyone,
What is your answer when someone asks you to describe our cuisine or asks you what type of cuisine we have? And …
By Cynthia Nelson | Saturday, January 10, 2009 | 4 Comments
A test of my patience Peeling and cooking Katahar (breadnut)
Hi Everyone,
I do not shy away from hard work. I know and understand that there are …
By Cynthia Nelson | Saturday, January 3, 2009 | 0 Comments
Eureka’s green thumb
… expanding our palates
Hi Everyone, Very early on Saturday mornings just as the sun rises to embrace the day, there, at the …
By Cynthia Nelson | Saturday, December 27, 2008 | 0 Comments
Another year in the kitchen
Hi Everyone, What a delicious and adventurous year this has been! Each month brought a first – first time to try …
By Cynthia Nelson | Saturday, December 20, 2008 | 7 Comments
Home: A memory is just a taste away
Hi Everyone,
As I sat on a plane bound for the United States of America, I contemplated what to …
By Cynthia Nelson | Saturday, December 13, 2008 | 2 Comments
Jug Jug: No longer a tradition?
Hi Everyone,
Though it is a traditional Barbadian Christmas dish, it does not make an appearance on feast-laden tables throughout the …
By Cynthia Nelson | Saturday, December 6, 2008 | 4 Comments
Christmas beans!
Hi Everyone,
It’s soon going to be Christmas and did you know that Christmas has its own beans? I am not kidding you. They are …
By Cynthia Nelson | Saturday, November 29, 2008 | 1 Comment
Great news!
By Susan Harewood
Guest columnist
I’ve got some good news and some bad news. The good news….actually the great news is that Cynthia’s book, My Caribbean …
By Cynthia Nelson | Saturday, November 22, 2008 | 8 Comments
Precious thyme
Hi Everyone,
Given that long ago thyme was used for its antiseptic properties and medicinal uses, and in ancient times some bathed in its water …
By Cynthia Nelson | Saturday, November 15, 2008 | 3 Comments
I rise to bake
Hi Everyone, Fraught with unpredictability, temperamental partners, atmospheric conditions that I cannot control and sometimes a shaken confidence, why then you may …
By Cynthia Nelson | Saturday, November 8, 2008 | 5 Comments
Can soup unite?
Hi Everyone,
Whenever my friend Adele mentions that she is making soup, I see her husband, Ivan, get a worried look on his face. …
By Cynthia Nelson | Saturday, November 1, 2008 | 1 Comment
A selective sweet tooth
Hi Everyone, I often tell people that I do not have a sweet tooth and that I prefer savoury, and it’s the …
By Cynthia Nelson | Saturday, October 25, 2008 | 8 Comments
One man’s Poison is another man’s Feast
Hi Everyone,
“Try and don’t poison the people.” This remark stopped me, my knife suspended over the banana blossom I …
By Cynthia Nelson | Saturday, October 18, 2008 | 0 Comments
A familiar ingredient in unfamiliar ways
Hi Everyone, Like you, I buy the same ingredients weekly, like you, I prepare the same dishes every week …
By Cynthia Nelson | Saturday, October 11, 2008 | 8 Comments
Oh Sweet Callaloo
Hi Everyone,
If you’re from Guyana, Callaloo refers to all varieties of spinach (bhaji) but if you’re from Trinidad and Tobago, then Callaloo is …
By Cynthia Nelson | Saturday, October 4, 2008 | 11 Comments
Macaroni pie – definitely not ordinary
Hi Everyone, Here in Barbados, the ability to make a “proper” dish of Macaroni Pie is testament to your ability …
By Cynthia Nelson | Saturday, September 20, 2008 | 8 Comments
Too much liming
Hi Everyone, Lime and salt are two ingredients that give us so much flavour and taste but when we unwisely let them overstay …
