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Thick chocolate shake sprinkled with whipped cream and chocolate sauce, or a creamy strawberry shake with a layer of whipping cream. Which is your favorite? McDonald’s shakes have been one of the absolute favorites of many people. Whether you drank it on your way home from a tiring day or bought it with your Happy … Read more
In this day and age, life often moves on the fast track for a lot of people. Little time is given to personal health and fitness, but people want to look good nonetheless. This has led to the advent of various weight loss shakes and dietary supplements which claim to reduce your girth in a … Read more
The Taino way of charqui – smoking strips of meat over a lattice of green allspice wood, covered with leaves from the allspice tree, and seasoned with crushed allspice berries – gave rise to both Jamaican jerk and to jerky. The Taino barbacoa evolved into barbecue. Today allspice is a kitchen staple, beloved of pie … Read more
Ghee, an essential ingredient in much Indian cookery, is butter with the milk solids and water removed. Pure dairy fat! Just heat butter gently, and the components will separate. Then strain. That is the essential ghee recipe. Ghee is a type of clarified butter. The difference between ghee and regular clarified butter is that ghee … Read more
Grilled sweet potatoes and bananas mashed with coconut milk taste so wonderful. All the best features of all the flavors you associated with those words combine into something even more fabulous than the sum of its parts. Heres the recipe that got me started on the whole idea of having a Jamaican-themed cookout at my … Read more
Ingredients 1 pound dried red peas (kidney beans) About 2 cups water 2 carrots, cut in half-coins 1 chocho (chayote), peeled, pitted, and chopped 1 red potato, peeled and diced 1 habanero pepper, diced 3 cloves garlic, minced 3 whole scallions, chopped 1 or 2 Tbs. fresh thyme leaves, stripped off the stem 2 tsp. … Read more
Call it Jamaican avocado ice cream or Jamaican avocado frozen custard, this traditional treat is not as freaky as it sounds. Not at all. Such a pretty shade of deep green. Such a velvety mouthfeel. Such a luscious, silky, aroma. Such a delicate flavor. Also I like it that the flavor of avocado goes so … Read more
Jamaican run down is a classic Jamaican dish, one you’ll find in just about any Jamaican restaurant or cookbook. I love the creamy mouthfeel, delicate flavors of this tofu run down that I developed. This dish, as near as I can gather, is called “run down” because you start by cooking out the water from … Read more
Curry powder is one ingredient you won’t find in this brightly flavored, deeply satisfying curry. Curry powder is made from a blend of spices, and there can be at least as many variations on it as there are kitchens throughout India and South-east Asia. Some curries, like this one, are made on the spot with … Read more
