The Blistering Bahamas: A Travel Retrospective, 1994
By Nancy Gerlach Graycliff Hotel Recipes: Conch ChowderGrouper Soup in Puff PastryChicken Breast Stuffed with Minced LobsterSpiced Boiled FishSheila’s Sunday FishPeas ‘n’ RiceGuava Duff My first trip to the Caribbean back in the 1970’s also happened to be my first visit to The Bahamas. At that time I was so taken with the beauty of the island that I spent …
The Chilehead’s Paradise of Peru
By Scott Rose Machu Picchu Recipes: Stuffed RocotosSalsa CriollaAjí de GallinaRed Snapper Ceviche Peru is a chilehead’s paradise. The country has over 300 different known types of chile peppers, and the nation’s regional cuisines, all chile-centric, try to outdo each other in firepower. A North American who cultivates a love for chiles might well be looked on by his sissy-tongued, …
Return to Yucatán
By Nancy and Jeff Gerlach Ever since our first visit to this part of Mexico, we have felt drawn back to the area, and when we have to return home we feel as though we leave a little bit of ourselves there. We openly admit to being hooked on the Yucatán! And what’s not to like? The weather is just …
The Oz Mex Movement
By John Boland Byron Bay, New South Wales Recipes: Asian Quesadillas Toasted Turkish Tortas Byron Bay Chilli Fish Tacos Lebanese Outback Burrito Smokin’ Chilli Mullumbimby Twenty or thirty years ago in Australia, “meat and three veg” was the standard dinner formula. As far as condiments–tomato sauce (ketchup) was king. But since then there’s been a …