Bahamian johnny cake (reportedly a corruption of “journey cake” because early settlers and their slaves carried them as portable meals) is more like a cross between pound cake and corn bread than the flat pancakes I was expecting. Ubiquitous with boil fish, this light, sweet, slightly dry cake/bread is great warm with butter or jam. […]
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Whatever you do, don’t tell your kids what these delightful little fritters are made of. If you let them know it’s leftover rice, chances are they’ll walk away. In fact, my copy of the Oxford Teenager-to-English Dictionary equates leftovers with something a little less pleasant than rat poison. Let them figure it out on their […]
A friend who now lives in Paris has a wonderful anecdote about the famed French habit of moderation in all things. While experiencing the French health care system from a hospital bed, a nurse came to take his lunch order. After he had made his choices she asked one more question: “Rouge ou blanc, monsieur?” […]
I have to take off my shoes to count the number of years I have been making these crab cakes. They are near the top of the list of comfort food requests in our house, mostly when we’re nostalgic for warmer weather and Southern charm. Adapted almost two decades ago from a recipe for ones […]
[tweetmeme] Starting the day with a disagreement is never a good idea, but there are times when you (I say you, but I mean me) just can’t help it. Like today, for example. “What is this?” I demanded confronting L as she came down the stairs. “How did it get here?” “Your son wanted it,” […]
[tweetmeme] Maybe it’s the little bit of dampness in the air as we come out of the deep freeze and enter a few days of false spring. Or, maybe it’s the fact that in 17 days, 20 hours and 15 minutes we will be stepping onto a little island in the Bahamas where, for 10 […]
When I’m making fish stock my kitchen looks a little bit like a mashup of The Little Mermaid and The Sopranos. Having to deal with fish heads aside (they’re great to have on the counter if you want to be alone in the kitchen), this is one of the simplest stocks to make because it […]
[tweetmeme] This is Part Seven of my week-long celebration of eggs. I think I can squeeze in one more egg recipe before my kids call the child welfare agency and L follows through with her threat to become a vegan for Lent. As the French say, un oeuf is enough. So, let me push my […]
This is Part Six of my week-long celebration of eggs. Today, finally, I mix eggs and alcohol. My personal foreign policy requires me to stay out of other nations’ conflicts, particularly Latin American disputes. So, with that in mind, it is with some nervousness that I write this entry. To make matters worse, I risk […]
Meats, Roots and Leaves 