Grateful For 2020

Grateful For 2020

Every holiday season my father would remind me that it is better to give than to receive. I recommend these gifts and feel grateful for 2020.

Cheesecake Elegante

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 

Southern Cornbread Dressing

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 

Creamy Cushaw Squash

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 

Energizing Eggnog

Energizing Eggnog

I always get wiped out from the holidays due to all the cooking, traveling and socializing. It’s amazing how some people drink spirits every night and wake up to grapple with a job or children or a mate without difficulty. I had one drink Friday