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Meat

Guinness Braised Ox Tails

You don’t see Oxtails on a menu everyday, nor is it readily available at your average North American Grocer. My Butcher had to special order them for me, that’s to tell ya. Yet, Oxtails make up an integral part of Caribbean Cuisine and I had my very first taste of […]

Oven Baked, Pasta

Three Cheese Macaroni Pie

Macaroni Pie. If you love Pasta , Cheese and Casseroles as much as I do….you’re gonna love this pie. It has many aliases ??Mac n’ Cheese Pie, Baked Pasta Pie, Pasta Casserole, Pasticcio, Macaroni Pie and it’s known by the latter in Scotland and in the Caribbean. Baked Macaroni Pie […]

Dessert

Apple Pie Doughnuts

Apple Pie.  There probably isn’t a more traditional dessert. I enjoy it throughout the year but when Fall hits with the abundance of Apples around I always get a super duper craving…and do you blame me? This year I thought I’d do something a bit different..it’s nice to change it […]

Food, Travel

Lunch at 34 000 feet

I’m on a plane.  Carry-on stored – Check ✔ Seatbelts fastened – Check ✔ Window shades up – Check ✔ And we’re off. So far so good, deep blue skies splotched with candy cotton clouds…it seems to be a nice day to fly. “Can I offer you a beverage?” Says […]

Food, Travel

When in the Keys….

I must have Key Lime pie in the Florida Keys. I mean I could have it elsewhere, but it just tastes better when I get it from the Keys. Any Key really, Islamorada, Key Largo, Key West I’m not picky. There are some people who are purists, and demand their […]