Let me tell you a little know fact about me-I am a country girl at heart. I was born on the West Coast of Demerara and lived the first years of my life in Stewartville. Most of my days were spent climbing fruit trees, fishing guerilla style aka noodling, eating copious amounts of cane from a nearby cane field or walking through knee deep mud just for the hell of it. Living less than a mile from the ocean,… Read more »
Posts Categorized: Grains and Rice
Beef and Shrimp Fried Rice
I don’t think I’ve met a single person that does not like Fried Rice, whether it’s Guyanese style, Thai, Indonesian or Chinese fried rice. And what’s not to love? My earliest memory of Fried Rice consists of waiting patiently for my father to come home with a greasy, brown paper bag filled with rice and roast pork. Years later when I was still living in NYC, I would look forward to Friday nights because that meant we were having Fried… Read more »
Coconut Ginger Rice
They say to always push yourself beyond your comfort zone. Does it count if someone else does it for you? I have a Lightning McQueen cake to make for a birthday party for a special little boy this weekend and I am shaking in my boots. I haven’t made a 3D cake in years so the thought of making a cake that will be displayed for others to see is beyond scary. Here’s how it happened. I overheard the… Read more »