Shrimp Po’ Boy Salad

A Shrimp Po’ Boy Salad with buttery, gluten-free croutons and buttermilk-based Remoulade Dressing is the healthy dinner your 2021 needs.

Summer Salmon Pasta Salad

One can tell the exact moment when they have made it to some level of success. When you reach a certain level of achievement the haters will assuredly make themselves seen and heard. A good defense is a great offense must surely be their modus operandi. Some will be your business partners or best friends,…

Simple Spring Scallops

In the late 1980’s I worked as a flight attendant for a major airline during the start of the AIDS epidemic. In that pre-FMLA era, our company was indifferent to anyone suffering from a chronic disease so employees were asked to donate vacation time in order for sick people to take the time off they…

Spring Rolls w/ Picante Peanut Sauce

Tonight I read that “springing forward” to daylight savings time leads to an increase of heart attacks, strokes, car accidents and workplace injuries during the days after. I’m certainly feeling a bit out of it and I live in a state where we thankfully do not change to daylight savings time. All I know is…

Caribbean Cod

The first time I went to Ghana in 1992 I recall a cousin of my father’s colleague saying when he attended college in the United States it had been a culture shock for him. However, when he first visited Jamaica, well, that felt like home. The first time I went to Jamaica I was mistaken…

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…

White Fish in Hearts of Palm

Many people do not realize more African people were taken to Brazil, where they were subsequently enslaved, than any other so-called New World country. So with respect to the African Heritage Diet, Brazilians contributed to the cuisine just as much as any of us in the Diaspora, perhaps even more. I was given this recipe…

Guaymas Shrimp

Musing on Guaymas Shrimp made me realize there are a number of things people don’t know about Tucson. Like many Black Arizonans, my grandparents migrated from Texas during the Depression. Family legend has it that they were on their way to California but my grandfather took a sudden liking to Tucson so decided to stay…