Samantha Bacchus McLeod

Leh we go for a quartuh. It is ten in the morning. This is Guyana we Guyanese does drink whenever we want, all day and all night, he turned to grin at his sidekick in the backseat. I looked back to see the dimwit slapping his knees and laughing in …

Every morning they meet at the break of dawn at Manoli’s taverna, the old men in the village of Filoti, Naxos Manolis Taverna, which is situated directly on the most important corner of the village square, is the first taverna to open in the early morning and the last taverna …

Fabian Dawson is not only a multi-awarded investigative journalist, he is also an amazing home cook. Take this Black Pepper Chicken dish as an example. The days when he is inspired to cook is always a good day in our home, it means I ain’t cooking today, yay. I should …

This basic pastry dough is so seriously very basic, fats, flour and iced water…and yumtastic Baking is a science they say, well it is and it isn’t. I love this simple basic pastry dough my mama taught me. My mama, Rachael Bacchus, would fill these flaky pastry shells with just about …

This Chocolate Chip with Orange Peel Cookie recipe is like a happy childhood and a gourmet snob colliding and high-fiving in these pandemic times. I have baked chocolate chip cookies many times and no two times have they ever been the same. This recipe has literally hit the sweet spot. …

Walking through an ancient alley in Ipoh will, with every step forward, push one gently back into a different time… Concubine Lane. Just the name paints a picture of ancient-ness. Of soft pleasing women, by night, awaiting their lovers’ embrace. The smell of lanterns filled with oil, brocaded curtains shimmering …

Wow…Thank You…This is simply amazing. I am now officially nervous so first things first…that T Shirt you saw on the video will be on sale in the lobby after dinner. Good evening everyone and thank you for this honour, members of the Jack Webster Foundation Board. It is indeed a …

“I am humbled and honoured to be awarded the 2019 Jack Webster Foundation’s Bruce Hutchison Lifetime Achievement Award,” said Fabian Dawson. Fabian Dawson, has been named the recipient of the Bruce Hutchison Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2019 Jack Webster Awards. Among the highest of journalism accolades in Canada, this …

Filoti, Naxos, is the only place in the world that makes me feel as free as a soaring eagle that has come home to rest, there to be welcomed back with wide open arms. After a 3-day trip of cancelled flights, due to bad weather in Athens, Greece, I made …

This is the year we, women, will write ourselves into history.Greek historia “a learning or knowing by inquiry; an account of one’s inquiries, history, record, narrative.”I am not talking about feminism and equal rights. I am talking about us taking control of how we go down in history. Fifty years from …