Marathon Cooking Weekend

Inspired by my trip to Canarsie, I cooked a dinner filled with new flavors. Two consecutive days in Canarsie, asking questions and getting to know a little bit more about two store owners, led me to securing some amazing stories and new lessons in food, flavor, holiday and everyday meals.

I didn’t leave with any recipes in hand, but I did garner lists of ingredients. I was told, were I to remake Guyana’s national dish - Hot Pepper Pot - to trust my sense of flavor and eye for proportions. Make green seasoning and brown gravy for fish, season it to taste - it’s up to the cook. This was the case with everything I cooked over the past two and a half days.

I tested so much, I was full before I even sat down to dinner with friends.

Most family recipes are passed down by word of mouth. What goes on every night in peoples homes, what is cooked, rarely comes off of a piece of paper.

I happily took this food challenge and wrote down all of the ingredients and tweaks as I went along. For now, photos only, recipes to roll out this week.