This Dame Cooks A Collection of Recipes from Alaska to the South Pacific and Caribbean

This is simple, quick and easy cooking when you don't want a heavy meal or don't feel like spending a lot of time in the kitchen. ...

This recipe is inspired by the Peruvian causa relleña, filled layers of seasoned mashed potatoes. I've added a Puerto Rican sofrito with lots of cilantro sauteed in a little annato oil, plus some crumbled crispy bacon. ...

Green bananas boil to fork-tender in about 15 to 20 minutes and they are a great canvas for infusing piquant and savory flavors. ...

this gratin is even more savory and sumptuous with fresh herbs, Gorgonzola and cream. Serve it with any roasted meat. ...

St. Thomas's version of patties combines spicy hot Scotch Bonnet chilies in a picadillo with just a hint of allspice, a local spice berry indigenous to the Caribbean. The patties are not juicy but they are moist inside with a short crust envelope, fried to perfection, so the dough is not greasy or leathery ...