Hi Everyone, I have an obsession with bakes. Not exclusively with the eating of bakes but with the cultural and historical significance of this food of fried dough found across the length and breath of Guyana, and indeed, up and down the entire Caribbean.
As I have said before, here and in other forums, my interest in food lies way beyond consumption whether for survival or pleasure. I particularly like to know my food contextually. One of the things I’m interested in is how foods that once marked someone as being poor or having very little – foods once scorned or shunned –
