Tastes Like Home

Hi Everyone, I beg of you. Please do not get tired of me and my ramblings on hot peppers.

Hi Everyone,When Easter comes around many homes come alive with the fragrance of spices – in the cakes, buns, cookies and fruit breads that are the order of the day.

Hi Everyone, last week my broadcast students and I were discussing programming plans for the College’s radio station, for Holy Week – the week from Palm Sunday leading up to Easter Sunday.

Hi Everyone, Last week, within a 48-hour period, I heard some food related things that I thought I’d share with you.

Hi Everyone, You may recall, that is, if you have been reading me that long, a column that I wrote a few years ago about my obsession with plantains; particularly green plantains.

Hi Everyone, After declaring last week that I had not given up any food or beverage for Lent, and that I tend to be a weekday vegetarian and weekend meat-eater, I received several emails, asking for vegetarian meal ideas from persons who have given up meat for Lent.

Hi Everyone, friend: What food and drink have you given up for Lent?

Hi Everyone, Every West Indian familiar with Chinese cuisine, refuses to make any of their favourite Chinese dishes without a few sprinklings of Chinese Five-spice powder added to their food.

Hi Everyone, I once read that if a popover and a pancake had a baby it would be Dutch.

Hi Everyone, Bajans (Barbadians) use the word ‘proper’ to signify that some thing, place or person is of the highest standard, quality and calibre.

Hi Everyone, Last week Friday my palette was brutally assaulted by the taste of dried herbs in the food I was eating.

Hi Everyone, Last week, in this 2-part series looking at the required water content for creating dough, I explained that there was no definitive answer as to how much water is needed to make dough.

Hi Everyone, We’ve all been there – trying to make dough for breads, roti(s) or bakes and being frustrated by not knowing exactly how much water to use, or, following the suggested amount of water stipulated in a recipe only to end up with an overly sticky mass or with loose dry bits of something far removed from dough.

Hi Everyone, Ever wonder why you love the Coca Cola in one country but can’t stand the taste of it elsewhere?

Hi Everyone, Happy New Year! Today is the 6th birthday of this column!

Hi Everyone, I cooked this year but not as much as you would think, due to a rather hectic travel and work schedule.

Hi Everyone, By the time you read this, the Pepperpot would have been made, the garlic pork set, the ham defrosted and possibly baked, the sorrel and ginger beer made and the Christmas cake, baked.

Hi Everyone, Though the holidays are all about traditions, as they should be, there is nothing wrong with shaking things up.

Hi Everyone, It is traditional at this time of the year that we have large hunks of meat as roasts, especially for the large family gatherings.

Hi Everyone, A Sunday afternoon in the kitchen with my sister, Pat, and my cousin, Yohann, was an occasion where too many cooks did not spoil the broth, or in this case, the potato salad.