No one knows Thanksgiving like I do! I have been preparing a feast for almost 20 years with many of our family favorites. Look for those recipes in the future right here!
Today I am sharing a family favorite recipe, rice and beans, but before I do, let’s have a quick chat about what’s happening in the world. A world– not just a town, or a city or a country–the freakin world is in a Covid 19 [continue reading]
Happy New Year is in order –even though it’s the 16th –as this is my very first post of the New Year! I wanted to start on a sweet note, so today I am sharing my secret sweet bread recipe—developed and perfected during the past [continue reading]
Making this one-pot lo mein at home is cheap, easy, convenient, and way healthier than takeout because we get to choose and control the ingredients used. Preparing a whole package of noodles means that we can pack the leftovers for lunch or enjoy it for [continue reading]
In today’s post, you will learn to make the best potato salad ever! Happy Spring! I have somehow immersed myself in Spring cleaning(eliminating)–You could say I have been Kondo-ed(Marie Kondo). If you haven’t seen that series yet, look for it on Netflix. I looked at [continue reading]
“This oven bbq chicken is the simplest thing you can put together–preparation is super easy, using simple ingredients and the result is moist, flavorful, and absolutely mouth-watering.” Happy Wednesday! Can you believe that January is almost over? Where did the time go? Here in NYC [continue reading]
Hope everyone’s year started off productive and promising. I am chipping away at work, and home and trying to stay on track with posting here on the blog and YouTube. All the organizing I failed to accomplish at year’s end is now being tackled. Being [continue reading]
Another year is upon us and so it goes–whether we are ready or not. For the first time, on old year’s night, I did not clean all of my closets and drawers, had a pile of dirty laundry from our week long vacation and heck, [continue reading]
When I thought I finally had a strong grasp on 40, life went ahead and dealt me another wild card which, if I didn’t play right, would result in permanent despair. I did some introspection. I realized that somewhere hidden in the challenges of the [continue reading]
Chicken Puffs: Pâte à choux, a light pastry dough, is filled with savory, flavorful chicken paste. It’s been a rough year thus far, and I expect the turbulence to continue for another twelve months. Corporate mergers and acquisitions, downsizing, increased workload, learning new systems, unrelenting deadlines, [continue reading]
The Origins of Black Cake (Caribbean Rum Fruit Cake) Black cake — or Caribbean rum fruit cake — isn’t just a dessert. It’s memory. It’s Christmas mornings, wedding tables, and that one aunt who guards her fruit jar like treasure. Rich, dark, fragrant with rum [continue reading]
Hi! Born and raised in Trinidad and now living in New York, I’m passionate about preserving the traditional recipes that shaped my childhood while blending the rich flavors of the Caribbean into global favorites.