Banana Season
It seems like just yesterday that we harvested our first racim of bananas from the palm tree in our back yard, and here already is the second. We cut the…
Category: Recipe
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Banoffee Pie
The first thing I wanted to do with these incredibly perfect bananas was to try a new dessert. There must be a zillion dessert recipes that you can make with…
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New Kitchen Toys 1
I remember that I used to own a crock pot many many years ago when they were in vogue. I can’t remember that I used it very often, probably because…
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Honey of the Doncella Bee
This almost colorless honey is from the Doncella Bees (as the local people call them) … a type of jungle stingless honey bee that produces this light, lemony sweet honey…
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Breakfast in the Jungle
Dusk, Dawn and Brother (I’m not sure who’s who in this shot) eagerly munch up their breakfast up on their shelf, while Tzolkin, the chou chou, crunches his up outside…
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Jungle Honey
One of the great food advantages of living in the middle of the rainforest is the ready supply of inexpensive raw delicious honey.I love the fact that this honey comes…
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A Scrumptious Guatemalan Breakfast
A few short years ago, I would never have believed that I would find the combination of fluffy scrambled eggs, boiled black beans and stewed platanos, all with a sprinkle…
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Real “Down-East” Fish Chowder
My Grandfather used to tell me that the first word I spoke as a toddler was “sish” and that I loved my Grandmothers “sish” chowder more than any other food…
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Chicken with Loroco in Cream Sauce
Bit by bit, I’m starting to learn more about traditional Guatemalan cuisine. This dish is an excellent example. It seems like such a basic dish, but the combination of Loroco…
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Oil of Oregano
One of my neighbors gave me a slip of oregano a few months ago, and it has grown wilder than my wildest expectations!The other day I realized that it is…