I like the combination of chocolate and Stout in this Guinness Stout Cake. I am doing this in honor of St. Patrick’s Day, a month later… The Caribbean is in the chocolate belt. Traditionally chocolate is not used the European way, but chocolate is native to the Caribbean. For example, Cocoa Tea is made from the cocoa stick boiled with milk and spices. Stout is consumed through the Caribbean and Guinness Stout is the most popular for Montserrat, my home island. So now you know

This is an invention of necessity. I often make a Coconut Custard Tart for my cooking classes, but Adam harassed me for months to try the salted coconut from my Coconut Crisps so that the coconut would not go to waste if we had too much left over to eat. This is my answer to his harassment and thus the birth of the Salted Coconut and Maple Custard Tarts. The Pastry... ½ Cup sugar ½ Cup butter 1 ½ Cup flour Use a pastry blender to blend the pastry into a coarse meal and then p

I can't remember the name of the people that did a class with us and raved about this chili recipe. They made it sound so good that it was on my list of things to do! This recipe can work well alone f you are a vegan or can be converted for meat lovers by just adding chicken. It is taken from Eating Well, one of my favorite cooking magazines. Ingredients 1 Tablespoon plus 2 teaspoons extra-virgin olive oil 1 Medium-large sweet potato, peeled and diced 1 Large onion, diced 4 C