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# Sam Bacchus McLeod

Guyanese author, Content creator

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## Posts

- [BLOG](https://sambacchus.com/blog/) - Welcome to my blog, where words come alive and ideas find their voice. As a writer, storyteller, and content creator, I explore the many layers of life through diverse narratives—whether it’s sharing authentic Guyanese recipes, diving into the richness of Caribbean culture, reflecting on personal journeys, or crafting content that connects and engages. Here, you'll find a tapestry of stories that celebrate the everyday moments, the culinary delights, the histories that shape us, and the inspirations that drive us forward.
- [Beautiful Places to discover in British Columbia](https://sambacchus.com/2026/04/beautiful-places-to-discover-in-british-columbia/) - Travel beautiful BC, Canada. Pause and breathe, explore our beautiful province…for how lucky are we, how blessed we are to call British Columbia home.
- [Melissa Thibaudier Dairy Farmer in Delta](https://sambacchus.com/2026/04/melissa-thibaudier-dairy-farmer-in-delta/) - Dairy farmers nurture and feed so effortlessly that they become nearly invisible to the wider world...and now maybe it is time we celebrate these women farmers!
- [Cabbage and Chicken is a Guyanese Staple](https://sambacchus.com/2026/03/cabbage-and-chicken-is-a-guyanese-staple/) - Cabbage has long been part of Guyanese kitchen life as one of those dependable market vegetables that ordinary families cook in practical flavourful ways.
- [When Guyanese Worry had a Rum and Coconut Water pon de Verandah](https://sambacchus.com/2026/01/when-guyanese-worry-had-a-rum-and-coconut-water-pon-de-verandah/) - Guyanese Literary Fiction, a short story set during the 1980's in a country suffering from import restrictions, and US political and economic pressure...
- [Guyanese Soup on an Easy Sunday Morning](https://sambacchus.com/2024/09/guyanese-soup-on-an-easy-sunday-morning/) - Heady aromas of a Guyanese Soup bubbling on the stove is incomparable...root vegetables, simmering beef and pumpkin, earthy thyme and sassy wiri-wiri peppers...
- [Canada And The Power Of Us](https://sambacchus.com/2025/06/canada-and-the-power-of-us/) - In all my years in this land, Canada, I have never been so invested in politics. As the world goes madly to the right, descending into a certain kind of hades
- [Fabian Dawson wins B.C.’s highest journalistic honours](https://sambacchus.com/2019/09/fabian-dawson-wins-b-c-s-highest-journalistic-honours/) - Fabian Dawson said, "I am humbled and honoured to be awarded the 2019 Jack Webster Foundation's Bruce Hutchison Lifetime Achievement Award."
- [Fabian Dawson's acceptance speech at the Awards Ceremony](https://sambacchus.com/2019/11/fabian-dawsons-acceptance-speech-at-the-awards-ceremony/) - Fabian Dawson Lifetime Award in Journalism, this is his acceptance speech. Congratulations, once again, Fabian Dawson. Jack Webster's Award. Multi-awarded
- [The High Cost of Food and Survival in Canada](https://sambacchus.com/2025/09/the-high-cost-of-food-and-survival-in-canada/) - Food is fuel, it is culture, memory, connection, and celebration, it is how we gather around tables, nurture our children, and care for our elders.
- [Young Farmers in the Aquaculture Industry inspired in 2025](https://sambacchus.com/2026/01/young-farmers-in-the-aquaculture-industry-inspired-in-2025/) - 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!
- [Guyanese Chicken ChowMein](https://sambacchus.com/2025/12/guyanese-chicken-chowmein/) - A fast, flavourful after-work Guyanese chicken chowmein dinner with fresh noodles, sautéed chicken, and a tangy-savoury sauce. Cooked in thirty minutes!
- [November's Fine Dining Menu is an Homage to our Harvest Feast](https://sambacchus.com/2025/11/novembers-fine-dining-menu-is-an-homage-to-our-harvest-feast/) - A Six-Course Fine Dining Tasting Menu by Sam Bacchus, featuring the bounty, the symbiosis, absolute beauty & deliciousness of British Columbia's terre et mer
- [Mozambique to South Africa Via the Kingdom of Eswatini](https://sambacchus.com/2025/11/mozambique-to-south-africa-via-the-kingdom-of-eswatini/) - I wanted to see life, I wanted to feel the teeming blood of humanity. So, I packed my backpack and took off for Africa.
- [Channa and Mango Sour is an Iconic Guyanese Street Food](https://sambacchus.com/2025/11/channa-and-mango-sour-is-an-iconic-guyanese-street-food/) - Channa (Chickpeas) and sour, a magical thing of childhood days, it was not unlike dining out at a Michelin star restaurant today. Guyanese Street food classic.
- [The Women Of Worth Turning Hospitality into a Movement](https://sambacchus.com/2025/11/the-women-of-worth-turning-hospitality-into-a-movement/) - The women of Worth Association’s Yes Shef event are redefining hospitality as a sisterhood of excellence and lasting legacy. Yes Shef was once again hosted at..
- [Blinding the Meta Cyclops](https://sambacchus.com/2025/11/blinding-the-meta-cyclops/) - Meta…the calloused heels that grind down on real conversations…under the laughable disguise of “community”. Boycott meta and reconnect with reality, real people
- [Female Slaves](https://sambacchus.com/2023/04/female-slaves/) - Children now account for 30 per cent of those being trafficked, far more girls are detected than boys. Stop traffic of female slaves now. We must do something!
- [Meta Is Disappearing Democracy While We Turn a Blind Eye](https://sambacchus.com/2025/10/meta-is-disappearing-democracy-while-we-turn-a-blind-eye/) - Meta regime is a trickster hiding in our newsfeeds watching us from every angle…If free speech lives only on platforms that can erase it, then we are not free.
- [Guyanese Fry Balanjay Vegan or with Meat](https://sambacchus.com/2025/11/guyanese-fry-balanjay-vegan-or-with-meat/) - Eggplant, or balanjay, is delicious and good for us. It's rich in fibre, low in calories, and packed with antioxidants like nasunin (in the deep purple skin).
- [Guyanese Stewed Pumpkin or Kabocha](https://sambacchus.com/2025/10/guyanese-stewed-pumpkin-or-kabocha/) - Guyanese stewed pumpkin is super affordable and with a little time and spice you can feed a lot of people. Pumpkin, Rich in beta-carotene, fibre, and vitamin C,
- [“Y’all supposed to be choking Mexicans”](https://sambacchus.com/2025/10/yall-supposed-to-be-choking-mexicans/) - In that one sentence is the tragedy of centuries. This is trump-america, where we swipe left on reality and we swipe right for distraction.
- [Guyanese Bunjal Chicken Livers with Green Beans & Potato, Dhal, and Rice](https://sambacchus.com/2025/10/guyanese-bunjal-chicken-livers-with-green-beans-potato-dhal-and-rice/) - Guyanese History on a Plate series…bunjal chicken livers with the simplest of ingredients cooked down to their essence in garlic, pepper, and a pantry curry mix
- [Salmon Farming is Perpetually Pitched as the Anchor of Blame When it Comes to Selective Science](https://sambacchus.com/2025/10/salmon-farming-is-perpetually-pitched-as-the-anchor-of-blame-when-it-comes-to-selective-science/) - Wild and farmed salmon...their story is still being written by the tides and the rivers, by scientists and fishermen, by First Nations leaders and farmers...
- [HASHTAG: WE, WOMEN, GOT THIS ONE](https://sambacchus.com/2017/01/hashtag-women-got-one/) - This is the year we women will write ourselves into history. It is about time we took control of our own stories nd I am so happy we have finally arrived here!
- [Giannakis Hotel, Filoti, is the epitome of Filoxenia](https://sambacchus.com/2019/05/giannakis-hotel-is-the-epitome-of-filoxenia/) - Giannakis Hotel Filoti, Naxos is the epitome of Filoxenia, which means for the love a stranger and it is a virtue in Greece. Best place to stay in Filoti!
- [Concubine Lane in Ipoh, Malaysia](https://sambacchus.com/2020/02/concubine-lane-in-ipoh/) - Concubine Lane. Just the name paints a picture of ancient-ness. Of soft pleasing women, by night, awaiting their lovers’ embrace...
- [Chocolate Chip Cookies with Orange Peel](https://sambacchus.com/2020/04/chocolate-chip-orange-peel-cookies-recipe/) - Adding orange peel to create this fantastic chocolate cookies with orange peel, was the wow factor I have always been missing. It is cake-like and perfect!
- [Basic Pastry Dough Like a Pro](https://sambacchus.com/2020/06/basic-pastry-dough-like-a-pro/) - Baking is a science they say, well it is and it isn't. I love this simple basic pastry dough my mama taught me. Quick and easy and so flaky.
- [Fabian Dawson's Black Pepper Chicken](https://sambacchus.com/2020/06/fabian-dawsons-black-pepper-chicken/) - Fabian Dawson is a multi-awarded investigative journalist, and he is also an amazing home cook. Take this Black Pepper Chicken as an example.
- [Old Greek Men In a Filoti Taverna on Naxos Island, Greece](https://sambacchus.com/2020/07/old-greek-men-in-a-filoti-taverna-on-naxos-island-greece/) - Manoli's taverna in Filoti, Naxos, the place old Greek men choose to start the day consuming Ellinikos coffees and fixing Greece's problems. Timeless traditions
- [A returning Guyanese gets her comeuppance in beautiful Guyana](https://sambacchus.com/2020/07/a-returning-guyanese-gets-her-comeuppance-in-beautiful-guyana/) - When you have lived away from Guyana for a long time, you're quickly reminded you are a Guyanese. A returning Guyanese will get her comeuppance right quick!
- [Questioning our privilege and dealing with the guilt of it](https://sambacchus.com/2020/10/questioning-our-privilege-and-dealing-with-the-guilt-of-it/) - This pandemic is making us question our privilege when we see the sadness. How do we traverse a pandemic, while showing compassion for ourselves, and others?
- [Valley of the Southern North, Filmed by Byron Dueck](https://sambacchus.com/2021/01/valley-of-the-southern-north-filmed-by-byron-dueck/) - Byron Dueck's filmmaking is impressive. It is as gentle as taking a quiet walk alongside the river, and as deep as an epiphany in its lucidity. Best documentary
- [This Pandemic Is Gnawing Bits And Pieces Out Of Our Lives](https://sambacchus.com/2021/04/this-pandemic-is-gnawing-bits-and-pieces-out-of-our-lives/) - Pandemic or not we must be strong and resilient, one day when the plague has passed we will recover and limp onwards, triumphant, orevermore damaged, but alive.
- [Freedom 45 For Women](https://sambacchus.com/2021/08/freedom-45-for-women/) - I heard when women hit the forty-year milestone life is a smooth ride to the end. Kinder to self, less body image issues, financially secure, freedom. Nope!
- [All roads lead to Filoti, Naxos](https://sambacchus.com/2021/09/all-roads-lead-to-filoti-naxos/) - Every season is separate and distinct in Filoti, Naxos, and every season has its reasons for being, for celebrating the gifts of its land and its people.
- [10 Things to love about Victoria, BC](https://sambacchus.com/2021/10/10-things-to-love-about-victoria-bc/) - 10 must-do activities in Victoria, BC. If you love people, travel and glorious food, and you haven't visited Victoria, you are missing out! My favourite getaway
- [The Old Fashioned Way Of Doing Business Is About Building Relationships](https://sambacchus.com/2022/01/the-old-fashioned-way-of-doing-business-is-about-building-relationships/) - Honesty, respect, kindness, knowledge of the business and the client, respect for the project. Sealed with a firm handshake. That is the only way I know how!
- [Little Glimpses Into Malaysia Travel](https://sambacchus.com/2022/02/little-glimpses-into-malaysia-travel/) - Malaysia will always be a food lovers paradise, furthermore, it is the best Southeast Asian country for culture-food-travel. It beats out Singapore hands down!
- [Tofino’s Clayoquot Wild Is 100 % First Nations Owned And Operated](https://sambacchus.com/2022/07/tofinos-clayoquot-wild-is-100-first-nations-owned-and-operated/) - Clayoquot Wild tours is the only tour company that is 100 percent First Nations owned and operated. Telling real stories of Tofino..
- [Ethno-Tourism; Preserving Culture or Whitewashing History?](https://sambacchus.com/2022/07/selling-stories-preserving-culture-or-whitewashing-history/) - At the crux of my analysis is where cultural commodification intersects with ethnic representations and these narratives of colonization. By Natasha McLeod
- [Art of the Aegean Sea](https://sambacchus.com/2022/07/art-of-the-aegean-sea/) - Cruising the Aegean Sea was a veritable visual feast of which my gluttony held no limits. See the art of the Aegean all around when you travel Greece by ferry
- [I do so love Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia](https://sambacchus.com/2022/08/i-do-so-love-kuala-lumpur-malaysia/) - Malaysian food is marinated in history. Kuala Lumpur is a must visit place on your list of South Asian countries.
- [Women’s rights are human rights.](https://sambacchus.com/2023/01/womens-rights-are-human-rights/) - Women's rights mean we stand together for our sisters, brothers, others, and ourselves. It means we are all equals and we deserve equality in pay and life.
- [The suffering of the wealthy versus the poor](https://sambacchus.com/2023/06/the-suffering-of-the-wealthy-versus-the-poor/) - The price they paid for their journey, rich and poor paid with money, and their lives. ow living society reacted in the aftermath that makes my blood boil.
- [A bustling seafood Agora in Athens, Greece](https://sambacchus.com/2023/08/a-bustling-seafood-agora-in-athens-greece/) - A tour of Athens Central Market is a great way to learn about Greek food and culture. The seafood Agora is alive and thriving in Athens
- [Find Joy even when the world is burning up](https://sambacchus.com/2023/08/find-joy-even-when-the-world-is-burning-up/) - What a headline right, because we think us finding joy right now is difficult thing to achieve. Is it? Joy is in the air, like love, waiting for us to be free!
- [Chicago is Everything Dope in America](https://sambacchus.com/2023/08/everything-dope-in-america-starts-in-chicago/) - Chicago is the most beautiful city in the whole wide world for me. I love her grace and beauty, her diversity. The midwesterners' smiles, the lushness and lake.
- [Chicken Drumsticks Recipe made with my Masala Blend](https://sambacchus.com/2023/09/chicken-drumsticks-recipe-made-with-my-masala-blend/) - This Baked Chicken Drumsticks is made with my Kitsilano Masala, Guyanese Green Seasoning, Olive oil, and Greek tomato paste. 5 Ingredients, 35 minutes. Boom!
- [Hunter-Gatherer Diet South America](https://sambacchus.com/2023/12/hunter-gatherer-diet-south-america/) - Join me on this hunter-gatherer diet South America. Lets find out if this is a new trend or a viable option for a more sustainable lifestyle.
- [Bawah Private Island - Explorers Wanted.](https://sambacchus.com/2024/01/bawah-private-island-explorers-wanted/) - Bawah private Island the 84 feet luxury yacht had ridden the rough waves with defiance as it left sluggish ships miles behind on the Straits of Johor.
- [Kindness is Wilful Blindness to Judgements and Superiority](https://sambacchus.com/2024/01/kindness-is-wilful-blindness-to-judgements-and-superiority/) - Kindness is something that always makes me cry, the moment I see a kind act bestowed upon someone I bawl like a baby, because it feels so good to live kindness.
- [SIMUL gastronomic situ, Athens](https://sambacchus.com/2024/01/simul-gastronomic-situ-athens/) - Each dish at Simul, although grounded in history was lifted up to a status I could not have imagined for Greek cuisine. These chefs went above and beyond!
- [On reading and writing](https://sambacchus.com/2024/01/on-reading-and-writing/) - This desire to pack information into every page without preamble, without an introduction to the subject is disconcerting. Reading and writing should be joyful!
- [A Tradition of Returning Sons, Kythira Rusk at Karavas Bakery, Greece](https://sambacchus.com/2024/02/a-tradition-of-returning-sons-kythira-rusk-at-karavas-bakery-greece/) - Sifting through the mix to find the purest form of rusk, I heard tell it was in Kythira, Greece. Karavas Bakery's world famous Kythira Rusk.
- [Do You Trust AI? My coffee meanderings...](https://sambacchus.com/2024/02/do-you-trust-ai-my-coffee-meandering/) - Can AI really take over? ChatGPT has its uses, but only as a place to streamline info gathering, or to synopsis some piece, but we must not rely too much on ai.
- [Let us talk menopause (perimenopause) for a minute…](https://sambacchus.com/2024/02/let-us-talk-menopause-perimenopause-for-a-minute/) - Menopause turns your world upside down and inside out but armed with information and understanding of self, we can right this terrible wrong.
- [Guyanese-inspired Fine Dining Scallops, at home](https://sambacchus.com/2024/05/guyanese-inspired-fine-dining-scallops-at-home/) - Guyanese scallops, inspired fine dining scallops, at home. All it takes is a pit of prep and the final plating, the cooking part is minscule.
- [Let's go to Bartica on the Essequibo River](https://sambacchus.com/2024/08/lets-go-to-bartica-on-the-essequibo-river/) - My love of travel and adventure started on my very first trip to Bartica, Guyana, in South America. River life is full of mystery and beauty.
- [Hello Bartica, my old friend...](https://sambacchus.com/2024/08/hello-bartica-my-old-friend/) - This post is just a little glimpse into Bartica, on the Essequibo river. In Guyana make sure to add Bartica as one of the places to visit
- [Black](https://sambacchus.com/2024/08/black/) - Black, was originally written in 2019, when we thought we could talk openly about the incredible horrors committed on people of colour.
- [Roast Balanjay AKA Roasted Eggplant, Easy as 1,2,3](https://sambacchus.com/2024/08/roast-balanjay-aka-roasted-eggplant-easy-as-123/) - Everyone says the same thing about eggplant “I love growing them, but I have no idea what to do with them" Well try this balanjay choka aka roasted eggplant!
- [A Salmon Farmer’s Tale of Substance versus Speculation](https://sambacchus.com/2024/10/a-salmon-farmers-tale-of-substance-versus-speculation/) - Salmon farming...thriving salmon farms are built on an anchored foundation of hard work, sustainability, and a commitment to feed the world.
- [Sadness comes with company, especially as the sunny summer departs](https://sambacchus.com/2024/10/sadness-comes-with-company-especially-as-the-sunny-summer-departs/) - When it comes to sadness - Give yourself the grace to feel all the feels, and then to gently guide yourself back to the things that lighten you up
- [When a Full Plate Makes You Sick](https://sambacchus.com/2025/08/when-a-full-plate-makes-you-sick/) - They can starve a nation into rubble, but the perpetrators will never feast on my silence
- [The Sockeye Came Back, The Truth About Salmon Farms Did Not](https://sambacchus.com/2025/08/the-sockeye-came-back-the-truth-about-salmon-farms-did-not/) - I know that somewhere, in a sushi bar, a kitchen, a TikTok reel, a young person is eating farmed salmon and they are the future not the activists nor the noise.
- [Guyanese Cook-Up with Beef, Rice, Beans & Callaloo](https://sambacchus.com/2025/09/guyanese-cook-up-with-beef-rice-beans-callaloo/) - A nostalgic Guyanese cook-up rice classic, for those far away from home. This comfort food from memory, inspired me to try to recreate it.
- [Quick & Easy Guyanese Fried Rice](https://sambacchus.com/2025/09/quick-easy-guyanese-fried-rice/) - A comforting one-cahari-wonder Guyanese fried rice made with a few choice ingredients.
- [Guyanese Saltfish and Okra Fry-down](https://sambacchus.com/2025/08/guyanese-saltfish-and-okra-fry-down/) - Go ahead and taste this Guyanese saltfish and okra fry down. It will surprise you, for there is nothing slippery about it at all and you will love it!
- [A Quick and Easy Guyanese Chowmein Recipe](https://sambacchus.com/2025/03/guyanese-inspired-chowmein/) - Here's my quick and easy Guyanese chowmein recipe to satisfy that craving for childhood comfort food. I used Bison and chorizo to make this a grown up dish.
- [Guyanese Cassava Puffs Just Like My Mama Makes Them!](https://sambacchus.com/2025/04/guyanese-cassava-puffs-just-like-my-mama-makes-them/) - Vegetarian and Low FODMAP, these cassava puffs are filling and delicious. Follow the recipe, and enjoy my mom's culinary delights. Cassava, yucca, tapioca, mogo
- [Fast and Easy Guyanese Style Prawns Curry](https://sambacchus.com/2023/07/guyanese-style-prawns-curry/) - Cooking is as easy as one, two, three, with my Kitsilano Masala and Green seasoning. Go ahead and try this Guyanese Style Prawns Curry recipe. The economy is getting more ridiculous and so we must find ways to save money. Maybe we do less side-hustles and more stay-at-home on a tight budget to enjoy more
- [Don’t Miss the Boat in Chicago](https://sambacchus.com/2023/12/dont-miss-the-boat-in-chicago/) - Chicago, on the southwestern shore of Lake Michigan, was incorporated as a city in 1837, it is 176 meters above sea level and covers an area of 60,000 hectares. T
- [Guyanese Balanjay Choka AKA Roasted Eggplants](https://sambacchus.com/2024/02/guyanese-balanjay-choka-aka-roasted-eggplants/) - Try this Balanjay Choka aka roasted eggplant recipe because It is Aubergine season right now! In fact it starts in July and keeps on going until late September.
- [Guyanese Herby Marinade For Fast Aromatics](https://sambacchus.com/2024/03/guyanese-herby-marinade-for-fast-aromatics/) - My mama and sisters made this Guyanese Herby Marinade often, this aromatics is as much a part of our cuisine as all the other Guyanese dishes.
- [Guyanese Bakes](https://sambacchus.com/2024/04/guyanese-bakes/) - Bakes, known as bannocks, are the only hangover from colonisation that I will accept. The Scots brought their bread from Scotland to us and woo do we love it.
- [Fish Cakes and Bread](https://sambacchus.com/2024/04/fish-cakes-and-bread/) - This Fish Cakes & Bread recipe is inspired by my days as a young girl when I bought them from the street food vendors, in Guyana. They make the perfect snacks
- [Cottage Pie is the best Pandemic Comfort Food](https://sambacchus.com/2021/02/cottage-pie-is-the-best-pandemic-comfort-food/) - On a cold wintery day pandemic day, nothing beats this tummy warming, childhood favourite of mine…Mama’s Cottage Pie. Try the recipe on rainy days in Vancity.
- [Guyanese Channa is Gluten-Free](https://sambacchus.com/2023/06/guyanese-channa-is-gluten-free/) - Vegan foods are always on trend, but better than that, is when it is a streetfood like Guyanese Channa that is gluten-free & scrumptious. And ever so cheap!
- [Healing Chicken Soup is a bowlful of pure soul](https://sambacchus.com/2021/05/healing-chicken-soup-is-a-bowlful-of-pure-soul/) - The alpha and omega of chicken soup, no matter what research you conduct you will always return to one thought, it makes me feel so damn good to drink soup!

## Pages

- [Home](https://sambacchus.com/) - My Blog is about Kindness. People, Travel, Food. We could go from chatting about our feelings, to expounding on a new city to enjoying a new recipe. Love & Joy!
- [About](https://sambacchus.com/learn-more-about-samantha-mcleod-writer/) - Sam Bacchus is a writer on a mission to bring stories of the Caribbean/Guyanese culture to life. I’m currently seeking publishers for my debut novel, with four more in the works. Inspired by the prolific style of Agatha Christie, I’m weaving tales that explore the rich tapestry of cultures, histories, and the indomitable spirit of women from all walks of life.
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- [scallops](https://sambacchus.com/tag/scallops/)
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- [Clayoquot Wild](https://sambacchus.com/tag/clayoquot-wild/)
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- [Travel Guyana](https://sambacchus.com/tag/travel-guyana/)
- [River](https://sambacchus.com/tag/river/)
- [fish market](https://sambacchus.com/tag/fish-market/)
- [Central market](https://sambacchus.com/tag/central-market/)
- [quick and easy](https://sambacchus.com/tag/quick-and-easy/)
- [Fabian Dawson](https://sambacchus.com/tag/fabian-dawson/)
- [Jac Webster Awards](https://sambacchus.com/tag/jac-webster-awards/)
- [Lifetime Achievement Award](https://sambacchus.com/tag/lifetime-achievement-award/)
- [Hutch](https://sambacchus.com/tag/hutch/)
- [Journalism](https://sambacchus.com/tag/journalism/)
- [Inspiring proplr](https://sambacchus.com/tag/inspiring-proplr/)
- [menopause](https://sambacchus.com/tag/menopause/)
- [Kythira rusk](https://sambacchus.com/tag/kythira-rusk/)
- [Kythira](https://sambacchus.com/tag/kythira/)
- [Karavas Bakery](https://sambacchus.com/tag/karavas-bakery/)
- [Pavlos Koroneos](https://sambacchus.com/tag/pavlos-koroneos/)
- [freedom](https://sambacchus.com/tag/freedom/)
- [40-year women](https://sambacchus.com/tag/40-year-women/)
- [concubine lane](https://sambacchus.com/tag/concubine-lane/)
- [Southeast Asia](https://sambacchus.com/tag/southeast-asia/)
- [herby marinade](https://sambacchus.com/tag/herby-marinade/)
- [bakes](https://sambacchus.com/tag/bakes/)
- [bakes and fish](https://sambacchus.com/tag/bakes-and-fish/)
- [fish cake and bread](https://sambacchus.com/tag/fish-cake-and-bread/)
- [fish burgers](https://sambacchus.com/tag/fish-burgers/)
- [Guyanese fish cake and bread](https://sambacchus.com/tag/guyanese-fish-cake-and-bread/)
- [chocolate chip cookies](https://sambacchus.com/tag/chocolate-chip-cookies/)
- [chocolate chip orange peel cookies](https://sambacchus.com/tag/chocolate-chip-orange-peel-cookies/)
- [baking](https://sambacchus.com/tag/baking/)
- [cookies](https://sambacchus.com/tag/cookies/)
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- [pastry dough](https://sambacchus.com/tag/pastry-dough/)
- [quick and easy baking](https://sambacchus.com/tag/quick-and-easy-baking/)
- [black pepper chicken](https://sambacchus.com/tag/black-pepper-chicken/)
- [pandemic times](https://sambacchus.com/tag/pandemic-times/)
- [Aegean Sea](https://sambacchus.com/tag/aegean-sea/)
- [Greek Village](https://sambacchus.com/tag/greek-village/)
- [old Greek men](https://sambacchus.com/tag/old-greek-men/)
- [Greek Taverna](https://sambacchus.com/tag/greek-taverna/)
- [Travel Guyana short story](https://sambacchus.com/tag/travel-guyana-short-story/)
- [pandemic](https://sambacchus.com/tag/pandemic/)
- [privilege](https://sambacchus.com/tag/privilege/)
- [our kids future](https://sambacchus.com/tag/our-kids-future/)
- [compassion](https://sambacchus.com/tag/compassion/)
- [Filoti Village](https://sambacchus.com/tag/filoti-village/)
- [farmers](https://sambacchus.com/tag/farmers/)
- [Site C Dam](https://sambacchus.com/tag/site-c-dam/)
- [Byron Dueck](https://sambacchus.com/tag/byron-dueck/)
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- [Documentary](https://sambacchus.com/tag/documentary/)
- [Valley of the Southern North](https://sambacchus.com/tag/valley-of-the-southern-north/)
- [Comfort food](https://sambacchus.com/tag/comfort-food/)
- [Cottage pie](https://sambacchus.com/tag/cottage-pie/)
- [easy recipe](https://sambacchus.com/tag/easy-recipe/)
- [winter food](https://sambacchus.com/tag/winter-food/)
- [cassava puffs](https://sambacchus.com/tag/cassava-puffs/)
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- [chicken soup](https://sambacchus.com/tag/chicken-soup/)
- [ancient foods](https://sambacchus.com/tag/ancient-foods/)
- [immune system](https://sambacchus.com/tag/immune-system/)
- [food security](https://sambacchus.com/tag/food-security/)
- [Victoria BC](https://sambacchus.com/tag/victoria-bc/)
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- [Museum](https://sambacchus.com/tag/museum/)
- [business](https://sambacchus.com/tag/business/)
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- [Nasi Lemak](https://sambacchus.com/tag/nasi-lemak/)
- [curry masala](https://sambacchus.com/tag/curry-masala/)
- [Artificial Intelligence](https://sambacchus.com/tag/artificial-intelligence/)
- [robots](https://sambacchus.com/tag/robots/)
- [individualism](https://sambacchus.com/tag/individualism/)
- [humans](https://sambacchus.com/tag/humans/)
- [humanitarian rights](https://sambacchus.com/tag/humanitarian-rights/)
- [time saving dishes](https://sambacchus.com/tag/time-saving-dishes/)
- [Meta](https://sambacchus.com/tag/meta/)
- [joy](https://sambacchus.com/tag/joy/)
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- [markets](https://sambacchus.com/tag/markets/)
- [flowers](https://sambacchus.com/tag/flowers/)
- [mornings](https://sambacchus.com/tag/mornings/)
- [lakes](https://sambacchus.com/tag/lakes/)
- [Baked Chicken](https://sambacchus.com/tag/baked-chicken/)
- [Chicken Drumsticks](https://sambacchus.com/tag/chicken-drumsticks/)
- [dairy farmers](https://sambacchus.com/tag/dairy-farmers/)
- [Pumpkin Soup](https://sambacchus.com/tag/pumpkin-soup/)
- [Guyanese Soup](https://sambacchus.com/tag/guyanese-soup/)
- [balanjay](https://sambacchus.com/tag/balanjay/)
- [balanjay choka](https://sambacchus.com/tag/balanjay-choka/)
- [roasted eggplants](https://sambacchus.com/tag/roasted-eggplants/)
- [word weaving](https://sambacchus.com/tag/word-weaving/)
- [Feelings](https://sambacchus.com/tag/feelings/)
- [mental wellbeing](https://sambacchus.com/tag/mental-wellbeing/)
- [sisterhood](https://sambacchus.com/tag/sisterhood/)
- [Prime Minister carney](https://sambacchus.com/tag/prime-minister-carney/)
- [True North](https://sambacchus.com/tag/true-north/)
- [Gaza](https://sambacchus.com/tag/gaza/)
- [hunger](https://sambacchus.com/tag/hunger/)
- [starvation](https://sambacchus.com/tag/starvation/)
- [Okra and saltfish](https://sambacchus.com/tag/okra-and-saltfish/)
- [Guyanese fried Rice](https://sambacchus.com/tag/guyanese-fried-rice/)
- [fried rice](https://sambacchus.com/tag/fried-rice/)
- [Guyanese Cook-up](https://sambacchus.com/tag/guyanese-cook-up/)
- [Cook-up rice](https://sambacchus.com/tag/cook-up-rice/)
- [Canadian agriculture](https://sambacchus.com/tag/canadian-agriculture/)
- [bunjal chicken livers](https://sambacchus.com/tag/bunjal-chicken-livers/)
- [dhal](https://sambacchus.com/tag/dhal/)
- [greenbeans and potatoes](https://sambacchus.com/tag/greenbeans-and-potatoes/)
- [Social commentary](https://sambacchus.com/tag/social-commentary/)
- [World in motion](https://sambacchus.com/tag/world-in-motion/)
- [activism](https://sambacchus.com/tag/activism/)
- [whatsapp](https://sambacchus.com/tag/whatsapp/)
- [democracy](https://sambacchus.com/tag/democracy/)
- [British Columbia Farmers](https://sambacchus.com/tag/british-columbia-farmers/)
- [boycott meta](https://sambacchus.com/tag/boycott-meta/)
- [British Columbia Vineyards](https://sambacchus.com/tag/british-columbia-vineyards/)
- [women chefs](https://sambacchus.com/tag/women-chefs/)
- [Worth Association](https://sambacchus.com/tag/worth-association/)
- [Yes Shef](https://sambacchus.com/tag/yes-shef/)
- [Guyanese Street food](https://sambacchus.com/tag/guyanese-street-food/)
- [Channa and sour](https://sambacchus.com/tag/channa-and-sour/)
- [chickpeas](https://sambacchus.com/tag/chickpeas/)
- [Eswatini](https://sambacchus.com/tag/eswatini/)
- [chicken chowmein](https://sambacchus.com/tag/chicken-chowmein/)
- [short story](https://sambacchus.com/tag/short-story/)
- [literature](https://sambacchus.com/tag/literature/)
- [Cabbage](https://sambacchus.com/tag/cabbage/)
- [Travel BC](https://sambacchus.com/tag/travel-bc/)