From the category archives:

Caribbean Products

Real Hardwood Charcoal

October 28, 2009
BVI Farmers Week

I’d never given much thought to charcoal until recently.  Charcoal to me was the briquettes in the bag marked “Kingsford” that Dad poured in the grill, squirted with lighter fluid and used to cook lovely summertime burgers, chicken and steaks.

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Quick and Easy Shrimp

October 1, 2009
Quick and Easy Shrimp

I always like to have a few dishes like this shrimp in coconut oil in my repertoire.  Quick, easy, delicious, pretty.  And made from pantry ingredients I always have on hand.  Or almost always.  We’re rarely without a bag of shrimp in the freezer.  Who doesn’t have black pepper?  And the curry plant in our garden reproduces with rabbit-like speed.  Anyone need a curry [...]

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The Grenada Chocolate Company

June 28, 2009
The Grenada Chocolate Company

Given a choice between savory and sweet, nine times out of ten I’ll go for savory.  And the tenth time?   I choose chocolate.  I do like sweets, I just don’t eat them very often.  But we always have a bar of chocolate or three chilling in the fridge.  Bones claims it’s his chocolate but if Audrey [...]

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