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

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 ...

My Dad made pancakes, bacon and eggs every Sunday morning after church.  He always saved some grease from the bacon to add to the pancake batter and he always whipped the egg whites.  Dad’s pancakes were bar-none the lightest and fluffiest pancakes I have ever tasted to this day…well with the exception of my own.   This recipe ...