Isn’t it amazing how we can conjure up something delicious with just a few ingredients? I am always awed by different combinations of raw ingredients and how they can can be transformed through cooking, into things vastly different from their original form. It’s alchemy and the reason why I love cooking so much. Fudge is…
Category: Caribbean lifestyle
Happy New Year and Haitian Independence
It’s a New Year…out with the old, in with the new. At midnight, all around the world people celebrate the passing of the old year and happily welcome the beginning of a new year. The calendar year is based on the Earth’s 365 day cycle around the Sun. This journey around the sun enables the…
Season’s Greetings
Christmas is a bustling and happy time. Synonymous with family, good friends and happy moments, the month of December is usually a busy one. As the year winds down to an end, I always find that preparing a meal whether elaborate or simple, and sharing the moments with family and friends is one of the…
Christmas Traditions Then and Now
December is a busy month of family traditions. Many of you are likely to be planning Christmas celebrations and parties as it is traditionally a month of festivities. For me, the season is usually a busy and happy one. Christmas has always been my favorite season. My traditions are a mixture of Guyanese and Haitian…
Sugarcane Field Memories of Greenfield Park
When I think of Guyana, I am automatically drawn back to my home in Providence. Growing up in Greenfield Park, on the East Bank of the Demerara river in Guyana, was an unforgettable part of my childhood. The compound housed a few original colonial plantation style homes which were once built for the British staff…
The Story Behind Guyanese Girl Haitian Soul [PART 1]
Living in Haiti these last 27 plus years has been a blessing as well as a test of the strength of my character. I remember the early days after I got married when I did not speak the language and missed my family and familiar things so much. It was not the era of FaceTime…
Caribbean Style Floats and Saltfish Buljol
If you are from the English speaking Caribbean and particularly Guyana and Trinidad, you will be fond of this typical meal. For many it’s a Sunday morning breakfast or a family dinner. There really is no absolute right or wrong time to enjoy this combo. I grew up loving my Mother’s delicious bakes and saltfish…
Accra: Haiti’s Favorite Appetizer
In Haiti when you’re waiting for dinner and the hunger pangs are being aroused, the most delightful and welcome “amuse-bouche” which can be served is a plate of piping hot crisp Accra. This hors d’oeuvre transcends all others and is the perfect bite to accompany drinks, both alcoholic or non-alcoholic. These little golden fritters are…
Breadfruit Croquettes Island style
Bread fruit is delicious and versatile. Whenever it is in season, I buy them often as they are a family favorite. As they ripen quickly in the warm weather here in Haiti, I find it most practical to prepare them for storage in my freezer for quick and easy use whenever I feel like having…
Passion Fruit Mousse
With passion fruit in season, it’s quite easy to find these delectable delights everywhere. I buy them buy the dozen and my family are spoiled with fresh passionfruit juice several times per week. I have also been making portion controlled packets and freezing them for use whenever I need them. The pulp and seeds keep…