And the winner is ...
FOOD commends all contestants who participated in the Blue Band Ultimate Christmas Cake Bake-off. We especially recognise those who travelled from rural parishes to participate. As we stated in the rules, presentation is a major factor...
Judges' comments
Valrie Davis: Great texture, good recipe, decorations could have been more creative, flour taste evident. Claudette Francique: Simply elegant, great texture, too many cherries, too much rum.
From our sponsor
Safi James, brand manager of Unilever Caribbean said: "Blue Band Margarine is the margarine was the margarine used in baking all the cakes." - From our sponsor. Ms. James said her company decided to partner with The Gleaner's...
Roasting with Best Dressed Chicken
Best Dressed Foods, producers of the island's finest Best Dressed Roasters, were kind enough to sponsor our feature with roasters. So, last weekend, Daviot Kelly (a novice in the kitchen); Keisha Shakespeare Blackmore....
Mexican rice for Christmas
Rice and gungo peas is to Jamaica, what arroz a la Mexicana is to Mexico. Just as Jamaica's tradition is serving rice with green gungo peas with Christmas dinner, so do the Mexicans enjoy their own brand of rice and peas at Christmas time.
Mad for Tea
When last did you have a proper English tea party? You know the kind - with sandwiches, scones, home-made jam and cream. Some weeks ago, I volunteered to help with the Kingston Polo Club's Christmas Madhatter's Tea Party.
Ins and outs of the invitation
'Tis the season to be jolly, tra-la-la-la-la, la-la-la, hence there will be lots of invitations to lots of events. However, Christmas season or not, there are certain basic elements of to the invitation.
Dress codes: what to wear
The more thoughtful approach is to stick with the standard categories - white tie, semi-formal, business, casual rather than using ambiguous terms (sport casual, smart casual, elegantly casual) that require an explanation.
Christmas - a time for joy
Christmas topics are actually everywhere. Parties abound - went to a lovely one last week at the official opening of Rainforest Seafoods Market in MoBay. Delightful food that was! Fish and seafood are definitely in...
Many feasts at Christmas in Argentina
Christmas Eve they feast. On Christmas Day they feast and on New Year's Day they feast some more! Christmas in Argentina is a very important season of celebration, and celebration requires lots of good food.
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