From the category archives:

Salads

Taking the Cure: Pineapple Chow

July 22, 2010

When I feel a cold coming on, nothing sets me right faster than a searing dose of scotch bonnet peppers, the more incendiary the better. Chicken soup is a fine cure, to be sure. But what I crave when the fog of a summer cold sets in is a good hot Trinidadian chicken curry. Served with a stinging hot choka and [...]

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Oven-Baked Ribs

October 12, 2009

It never fails. If Bones leaves Tortola, I will get a flat tire or run out of propane or break my leg. None of these things ever seems to happen when he’s around. I think my neighbor, Julian, knows more about my car than Bones does. After all, he’s the one who always seems to [...]

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Cucina di Bambini

August 28, 2009

It’s not all sagras and restaurants. Hotel rooms are fine for a day or two, and I love a good restaurant meal. But I need a kitchen. I need to shop the local markets, check out the local ingredients. I need to cook.

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Mango Season

July 2, 2009

“The flavor is as though nightingales were singing on the palate. The texture is like cream melting on the tongue. What the gods gorged on, on Olympus, is called nectar and ambrosia, but mangoes are plainly meant.” Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings

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Day Sail on the White Squall

June 20, 2009

One of the best things about having guests come to stay is that it gives you a reason to get out on the water. You wouldn’t think we’d need a reason. But, though we do live in paradise, we have the same demands of work, school and life in general that keep the rest of [...]

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Devica, Continued

April 24, 2009

As promised, here are a few more recipes from the Trinidad feast that Devica produced earlier in the week.
Devica’s Green Seasoning
Devica starts a lot of her dishes with this fresh green Caribbean seasoning. Devica uses it in her curries, as a marinade for barbecued chicken and in fresh salads and relishes. You can buy it [...]

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King of the Grill

April 20, 2009

The balcony is definitely back in business, just in time for summer. Yesterday, we were lucky to have grillmaster, Chief Inspector, and good friend Mike Donovan handling grill duties. Mike barbecues some of the best ribs this side of Memphis and he’s the man who made Audrey fall in love with grilled swordfish. Lucky us. On the grill yesterday [...]

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Roasted Red Snapper

April 15, 2009

I’ve always been a bit afraid of cooking fish. I love to eat it, but the preparation and cooking is something I find intimidating. What if I overcook it…what if I have to scale it…what if, god forbid, I have to clean it myself?

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Passage to India

April 8, 2009

Bones is famous on the island for his amazing Indian dinners and, in fact, he won my heart with a curry. I was in the BVI for my first Caribbean holiday and got invited to a birthday party on the last night of my vacation (I was invited to more than one party while on vacation, the [...]

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