Just thought I’d post about my revisiting my Late Night Cheese Sticks recipe (otherwise known as Cheese Straws). I made them again this weekend and I really liked the way they turned out – although alot of that was not entirely intentional! I used both shredded cheddar and parmesan – the cheddar incorporated into the [...]
Category Archives: food
Trini Bakery Goodies – the Photos
April 1, 2010 – 12:41 am
You may recall that in my recent post, Ode to the Bread Van, I rambled on, reminiscing about all the goodies that were to be had from Trini bakeries and bread vans. With nary a picture to illustrate. Especially unfortunate for those who may not have known some of the goodies I mentioned. This post [...]
Rose Levy Berenbaum Pizza
March 24, 2010 – 9:15 am
I’ve posted about great pizza doughs before – specifically, the best flavoured and textured pizza, which we* have tried - Alton Brown’s pizza recipe. His method requires planning a day in advance to get the full development of flavour, but it gives you a lovely crispy and chewy crust (balance of crispiness and chewiness dependent on [...]
Ode to the Bread Van*, and the goodies therein
March 22, 2010 – 12:09 am
I tasted something in Guyana last week which brought back childhood memories of Trinidad. It was unexpected – they called it “bun” or “coconut bun” and I cannot remember if I’d seen it before in a bakery in Guyana. I may have, but then “bun” as a small, unprepossessing yellowish thing would have taken me [...]
Ratio, by Michael Ruhlman
February 26, 2010 – 1:12 am
Lilandra and I finally got around to buying (and reading) some books that have been in my wishlist..then shopping cart…for aeons. One of them (which she bought for me), is Ratio by Michael Ruhlman. I’ve been following his blog for a while – in addition to being an good read (including the comments), the photos by [...]
Za’atar, Sumac and a Recipe
December 17, 2009 – 3:18 pm
One of the memorable successes of my Eid menu (and yes I am still talking about Eid ul Fitr, although in the intervening period since…there has already been another Eid, Eid ul Adha) is finally making my own za’atar. Za’atar (zahtar, Arabic ????)* is a Middle Eastern spice mix, that like any other spice “mix” [...]
Last minute surge for Divali
October 16, 2009 – 11:32 pm
Well, a couple days ago my blog stats suddenly spiked. It’s not Eid (Eid ul Fitr was a few weeks ago, and we have some time before Eid ul Adha). As usual, even if I didn’t know, the almost single-minded focus of the searches would clue me in. Yes, it’s Divali, the Hindu Festival of [...]
Falafel Recipe
October 15, 2009 – 10:19 pm
Falafels are that ubiquitous Middle Eastern item – savoury, crunchy, fried balls of beany-goodness. Some may say falafels are Israeli, there may be other countries laying claim to the source of these delicious vegetarian protein-packed treats, but I am no food historian, so I won’t get into the debate. You can check out Wikipedia. Falafels [...]
Sawine Rules (Eid Recipe)
September 29, 2009 – 2:47 pm
My mother has Sawine Rules. They are not very many, but she is very firm about them. Other people don’t follow these rules and their sawine is doomed. Doomed? you ask. Yes, doomed. Destined to spoil quickly, for the milk to “split” or sour, for it to be too gloopy to be Trini sawine, but [...]
It’s ‘Id ul Fitr!
September 19, 2009 – 11:43 pm
Eid Mubarak everyone! Ramadan has come to an end, and at least I caught the beginning and the end on the blog Never fear though, I was at least trying to fulfil the requirements of the month, fasting, prayers etc…not a whole lot of focus on food (that’s what happens when you balance work with [...]
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