Salt fish became a part of everyday family cooking, often “fry-up” with onions, hot peppers and tomatoes to create simple meals that could feed many people.
Author
Samantha Bacchus McLeod
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Guyana was in the throes of a crack epidemic. The government’s inability to perform the most basic functions of the state, such as pick up the trash, had forced citizens to fund crack cocaine consumption…
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This is a classic Guyanese dish made with sweet pumpkin, fragrant dried thyme, and delicious white shrimps.
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Mama, I am in my fifth decade, and I know that all I have become, all the chances and opportunities, the kindness and love I give and receive is because of you, my hero. We were eight, blessed with a mother who raised the bar on motherhood. What Rachael Barbara …
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Pause and breathe, explore our beautiful province…for how lucky are we, how blessed we are to call British Columbia home.
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Dairy farmers nurture and feed so effortlessly that they become nearly invisible to the wider world…
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Cabbage has long been part of Guyanese kitchen life as one of those dependable market vegetables that ordinary families cooked again and again in practical, flavourful ways.
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Guyanese Literary Fiction, a short story set during the 1980’s in a country suffering from import restrictions, and US political and economic pressure…
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Canadian food security and ocean protection are not opposing forces, they are one and the same, nourishment, respect and sustainability that is what it means!
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A fast, flavourful after-work dinner with fresh ChowMein, sautéed chicken, and a tangy-savoury sauce. Back in my youth, there was nothing faster and more delicious than a late night ChowMein, usually whipped up with whatever leftovers one can find in the fridge. I have had many a sausages and salad …
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Tired of the daily grind, tired of the pampered life we lived in the foothills of Alberta, I wanted to see life, I wanted to feel the teeming blood of humanity. So, I packed my backpack and took off for Africa.
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Channa (Chickpeas) and sour, a magical thing of childhood days, it was not unlike dining out at a Michelin star restaurant today.