Freedom feast: the Caribbean Passover
You can’t love food and not be interested in the culinary customs of other cultures. And as an avid cookbook collector, you find that...
Mummy’s sweet hand
Some of my friends will start the New Year with champagne, scotch, and lavish meals at parties, while others will stay home and cook peas...
No bread, no ham: Christmas lunch for guests who don’t eat meat
For some, the routine of Christmas cooking has become a series of actions, performed with military precision, that begins months in...
No picnic in the park
If you drive along one of Trinidad’s highways early on the morning of a weekend or public holiday, then you’re bound to pass people on...
The Dinner Party – Heaven or Hell?
Quite a few people have been asking for tips on throwing good dinner parties. Is it that people want to entertain at home these days...
Blazing hot barbeque
Hot and exciting – that’s the kind of summer we’re hoping for in London this year. There’ll be so much to do in the city, with the...
Colette Burnett: I believe I can fly
Nah, I not eating no chicken wing! Woman, is breast or thigh for me, please!” the man said to the exasperated food vendor. “She mad to...
Caribbean cooking: doing it by the book
If you love food, you’ve got to love cookbooks, so I’m celebrating three books that I’ve enjoyed reading and cooking from. Guyanese...
