I did make a Peach Cobbler for the Christmas dessert table. All you need do is follow my Vegan Blueberry Cobbler recipe but add peaches, fresh grated ginger and nutmeg in addition to the butter (or vegan butter if you prefer) and sugar. I don’t add a lot of sugar because I want the natural…
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Cheesecake Elegante
African American Heritage Diet desserts are often fruit based or utilitarian, low sugar custard based pies, ice creams or rice puddings. So the fact I used to make Cheesecake Elegante as a kid is perhaps an anomaly. I saw the recipe in a cookbook at around 11 years of age, liked it, thus it became…
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El Moquito – A Christmas Cocktail
El Moquito – A Mock Coquito
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The Crispy Spark – A Gin Cocktail
The Crispy Spark Gin Cocktail
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Southern Cornbread Dressing
Full transparency, the preparation of Southern Cornbread Dressing is a little labor intensive. However, once your family and friends taste my Mother’s dressing, similar to childbirth, all you’ll remember is the love. This recipe is by far the best dressing or stuffing as some might call it, that I have ever tried and I could…
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Simple Pan Seared Salmon
A close friend of mine once owned a beckoning cocoon amidst the clamor of Tribeca, an art infused cafe for those seeking a globally inspired home-cooked meal. The one of a kind jewelry, chocolate croissants, and ceramics designed by her made visiting a life altering excursion. She inspired the Simple Pan Seared Salmon. Again, it…
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Creamy Cushaw Squash
Indigenous to Africa, squash is a treat that both my Grandmothers truly enjoyed. Cushaw, a slightly sweet winter version is a winner because it is one of the foods my sensitive stomach never resists. Brimming with Vitamins A,B,C and Carotene you won’t go wrong pairing Creamy Cushaw Squash with fish, fowl or lamb. Creamy Cushaw…
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Red Lentil Soup
My father’s first cousin lived in Ethiopia in the 1980’s where her husband served as an ambassador from Jamaica. She taught me how to make these lentils shine in East African style. The result is very different than French Lentil Soup but no less beguiling. Red Lentil Soup is a great dish to welcome in…
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Classic Southern Sauteed Cabbage
The first recipe I gave you for Sauteed Cabbage was so popular I decided I’d give you another. A good source of quercetin, Vitamin C, and fiber, African-American staple Cabbage and its’ cruciferous cousins such as Collard Greens, are likely the healthiest foods on the planet. My mother’s version of this dish, which I call…
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Shrimp & Noodles in Coconut Cream
I named this dish after a reading an interesting article about food culture appropriation. The article referenced but only chipped at the tip of the mostly submerged iceberg of food industry appropriation. Sure, you covered Rick Bayless, yet failed to mention Queen Paula Deen? Let’s use Shrimp & Noodles in Coconut Cream as an example…
