Stabroek Weekend

What’s Cooking is a series in which I answer questions and share advice about food and cooking that you have but may be too shy to ask.

I hear about climate change 24/7 because of the nature of my husband’s work.

A dark horse in the run up to the 1980 Moscow Summer, boxer Michael Anthony Parris, now 63, emerged as Guyana’s only Olympic medalist—an honour that he holds to date, although he would like to see that change.

Seven years after she travelled to the remote village of Yupukari in Region Nine (Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo) after being awarded a scholarship for a Study Abroad Programme, Jennifer Bucolo, a licensed social worker, returned for a visit but ended up falling in love and months later married Guyanese Jenkins Lawrence and made the village her home.

US-based Guyanese and classical guitarist Hubert George is on a mission to preserve Guyanese folk songs through classical solo-guitar arrangements.

Five Indigenous women from Guyana recently joined an Amazon-wide fellowship of Indigenous women who are protecting, managing, and restoring the Amazon Forest. 

I do not get the impression that governance in the world is good or that it is getting better.

Guyana’s Under-10 chess players who participated in the FIDE Online Rapid World Cup Cadets & Youth Champ-ionship 2021 expressed themselves handsomely against the creme de la creme of the U-10 community of chess players worldwide.

Race was a significant factor in the formation of the Peoples’ Progressive Party (PPP) in 1950, as it was in Guyanese life and society.

There’s a lot happening in the computer-animated musical comedy “Vivo”. At its centre, it’s about the power of music, and seeking to prove that a single song can change a life.

Introduction To recap, this long-running series of Sunday Stabroek columns focusing on Guyana’s emergent oil and gas sector commenced just four months short of five years ago; on September 4, 2016!

A vigorous debate is ongoing regarding the operationalisation of the Natural Resource Fund (NRF).

The previously mentioned 2020 Facebook communication and in-depth, in-person conversations with family members about “sweet drink” led to the selection of the individuals who are profiled in this installment. 

The 2020 Tokyo Olympics have seen some record breaking and scintillating performances by numerous athletes, among them were Elaine Thompson-Herah on the track, Katie Ledecky in the pool and Simone Biles on the balance beam.

For several days recently, I have been in somewhat of a daze and even mourning for the passing of a long-time friend, Jerry Gouveia, former athlete, hunter, fisherman, etc.

God’s Grandeur  The world is charged with the grandeur of God.

“I am just happy that I get to see my children and now I have them again.

Last weekend was a four-day holiday weekend here in Barbados and I made bread pudding to share with friends.

I spent last month in my husband’s home country. The main purpose of the trip was for us to get vaccinated and to ensure that his parents did the same.