Generally speaking, the way we present our food here in the Caribbean does not come as a 3-course meal; rather it is served in 2 courses – the main/entrée (which would also include a variety of side dishes and what in other cuisines would be referred to as appetizers).
You are getting two recipes out of this one dish. For the other part of the dish, you will need to cook some plain rice – regular white, parboiled or brown rice, just as long as it is cooked plain.
All across the Caribbean you can find a dish of stew-peas.
I have great love for Arnold (pork). The versatility of this other white meat is astounding.
For me, food = rice. Therefore, I am always on the lookout for new and interesting rice recipes to make.
This very simple salad came about as a result of me being lazy, but very hungry.
Last week in Tastes Like Home, I mentioned the making of Sweet Potato Bread.
My friend Patricia Scarpin, who is Brasilian, is a prolific cake maker.
Making a stew out of the many cuts of beef that lend themselves to long, low, slow cooking is one of the most delicious things to eat.
One of the many good things about baked chicken is that you can mix and match flavours or you can use one type of seasoning – herbs, spices, dried seasoning mixes or sauces – to create a different flavour each time you make the dish.
Umami, considered the 5th of the basic tastes, is savory; the others are sweet, sour, bitter and salty.
It’s avocado (pear) season and all around you can find them.
By Cynthia Nelson Last week at Tastes Like Home we talked about Caramelized onions – the cooking of onions low and slow until they brown, caramelize, get soft and sweet.
Bucatini is the name of the shaped pasta that we use prolifically in the Caribbean to make Macaroni Pie (Mac and Cheese).
A family’s recipe for macaroni and cheese, macaroni pie or pie, whichever you prefer to call it should not be messed with.
Remember how traditional it was to pickle onions to enjoy at Christmas time?
Most of us prepare some sort of chicken dish on the weekends in addition to another meat.
Shrimp fritters are an easy appetizer. They cook up quickly and can be made as your guests are coming through the door.
Applesauce is one of those things that you can make to be spread on toast or biscuits, mixed into dough or batters for baked goods or be eaten as is, for dessert or a snack.
Did you try the fish fillets in Lemon Butter Sauce the week before last?
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