I was checking out Chennette’s website and read a funny post about her weird foodie quirks and it got me wondering about the odd things that my friends and I eat or don’t like to eat.
I’m an adventurous eater. A lot of my friends won’t eat oysters and clams, rabbit, kidneys (or many kinds of offal) and caralli but I will go forth bravely and try most things.
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This post is long overdue but life does tend to take over sometimes. It’s been a bit frustrating in recent weeks with work and the flu dominating my life, leaving little time for my passion for food. Don’t worry, one day I’ll get paid handsomely to do this and I’ll be totally happy!
Enough of my ranting, let’s talk about punches. Not rum punch, fruit punch or even smoothies. I’m talking about the back-strengthening variety like Peanut, Soursop, Linseed and Sea Moss; the stuff that real men (and women) drink.
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It’s cold and snowing in London and I have the flu. I’ve been laid up at home sneezing and coughing for the last few days and I want something soothing. I’m not a big drinker of teas and hot drinks, but it was a good time for good old Caribbean Coco Tea.
I dug out my stash of Grenadian cocoa, grated about two tablespoons and added some freshly ground nutmeg, cinnamon, ground ginger and a crushed bay leaf. Read the rest of this entry »

Game birds are plentiful and cheap at this time of the year so I’ve decided to take full advantage. It always seems a good idea at the time, but when I get home, I’m usually stumped as to what to do with them!
I’ve never had partridge before so when I recently got a nice plump one at Borough Market, I thought about stewing it Trini style, or cooking it in a yogurt curry but opted for Partridge and Chicory after seeing the recipe in The Game Cookbook. I went for this because I usually get chicory in my organic vegetable box and sometimes I forget it in the fridge for weeks so it was good to find a way to use it up quickly.
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People keep telling me that if I’m going to visit Cuba, I should go before Fidel Castro dies so I can see how ‘authentic’ the place still is. Maybe I should hurry up because according to reports in the international media recently, Senor Castro appears to be on his last legs.
I’ll get to Cuba eventually, but in the meanwhile, I bought two books to give me an idea of what I might expect when I visit. After doing some research on Chinese-Cuban food a few weeks ago, I was really intrigued to learn more about Cuban cuisine, so I picked up Memories of a Cuban Kitchen by Mary Urrutia Randelman and Joan Schwartz and Three Guys from Miami Cook Cuban by Glenn Lindgren, Raul Musibay and Jorge Castillo.
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