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IT’S JULY (2023) ALREADY?

Half the year is gone... when did that happen? Surely, I am not alone in this sentiment. The older I

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JUNE IN JAMAICA

My Jamaican holiday started out great but ended with a doctor's visit and a rough trip back home. Oh well,

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STEAK AND POTATOES

There's something about a juicy steak and a baked potato that makes me feel like everything is going to be

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A SOBER INTERVAL

I'll just say it: Sobriety is not all it's cracked up to be. Especially when extreme temperance has been induced

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AMERICAN IDOL

I've been watching American Idol for decades.  The format is addictive.  Young people audition before a panel of three "stars"

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GREEN GUMBO

Green Gumbo on Holy Thursday at Dooky Chase's is a New Orleans tradition.   Green Gumbo is a dish prepared by

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Vintage Chinese Cookbooks

This year I've been cooking a lot of Chinese-American. This obsession began when the best Chinese restaurant in my neighborhood

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A TRIP TO JACANA FARM

I heard about Jacana Farm from a cab driver who took me from the Montego Bay airport to Jamaica Inn

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ROOM EIGHT

Well, what can I say.  Jamaica Inn has become my home away from home.  This time I enjoyed a quiet

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THE SOUL OF A RECIPE

I once heard someone (and I think it was my brilliant mathematician sister) say that if you can read, you

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