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cooking is just another form of Art.
here's some of my
my culinary inspirations & experiments
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a six inch sugar-free delicious bean pie!
with splenda & a touch of agave syrup
Too Much sugar in some bean pies
7/2016
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pigeon peas
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"cousins" - hot water cornbread, cornmeal fry dumplings
& surullitos
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quorn naked
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I zest a lot of limes
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a short cut use egg roll skins
variations
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homemade samosas
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march 2016
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& surullitos
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quorn naked
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I zest a lot of limes
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a short cut use egg roll skins
variations
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homemade samosas
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march 2016
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cellophane noodle soup
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homemade spritzgeback cookies
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small homemade spritzgeback cookies
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March 2016
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cous cous
delicious & ready to butter
old school/ from scratch
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alt. homemade clover leaf rolls
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tune, by vieux diop
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egg & avocado wraps
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alternate
chayote
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anytime is a good time for
Nina..or Gershwin
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chili & lime
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delicious!
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a spicy homemade condiment
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alt.
March 2016
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culantro
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a spicy homemade condiment
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alt.
March 2016
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good with balsamic !
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pretty fried aubergine (homemade) ..march 2016
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rootz & chips
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no bun required..
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04/2016
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avocado
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galette
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summer 2016, homemade tacos
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summer 2016
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farmer's market apples
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tune by jah screetchy
festival eats 2016!
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delicious!
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sandwich july 2016
inspired tune, chevalier de saint george
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2016 refreshing, june
jocelyn labylle & dominique lorte
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june 2016 , homemade style
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"cousins"
Yummy!
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over a nice of a plate of raw kale
06/2016
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rice luv!
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summer 2016 easy, delicious!
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a nice little tart
cooking tune by aretha franklin
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hot matcha in yunomi
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summer things 2016
before the ice & snow returns
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red rice
of course I used garlic, herbs & hot peppers...
red rice for a good fish dinner!
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local blackberries
farmer's markets, rock!
baking tune, jean phillipe marthely
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always a favorite, homemade fish
mellow tune by bobby hutcherson
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a summer stand-by
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tune by machine
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tune, viviane chidid
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tune by jocelyn labylle
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ginger/lime/chili delicious!
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cooking tune ( made for each other)
autumn's craving
sly and robbie
intense
mongo santamaria
( surely I'm not the only one
who's Mother had the mongo santamaria albums
"jamming" while growing up !)
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chocolate!
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cho cho/mirleton , celery,onion peppers..
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fish various ways
old school fish cakes
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a tasty
corn pie/pone
breakfast is great any time of the day!
omelettes
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semolina porridge
tune , a little spice - loose ends
because I like savory & spice!
tune, bobby humphrey
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salads
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white & yellow masa tamales
december 2016
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pie from whole sweet potatoes
12/2016
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the sweet potato
in a homemade treat!
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humble cabbage & homemade bread
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roast veggies
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delicious
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noodles
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February 2017 latin jazz & scallops!
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april 2017
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this jam rocks!
homemade guava jelly
bob marley & the wailers
guava jelly
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april 2017
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April's shrimp rolls (2017)
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fresh beets!
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zucchini spring 2017
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April 2017
music - origins by pharoah sanders
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cucumbers spring 2017
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spring!
fresh produce from local farmers
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turmeric power
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tune by dadou pasquet & tanya
tune by
simple pleasure
cream cheese, agave nectar with strawbs on baguette
tune by bobby melody
image spring 2017, medley of tunes by - Haïlé Jno-Baptiste
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fresh & light
quiche
bake for a few minutes until firm.
music by gorden henderson & exile 1
June 2017 quiche
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June 2017 Homemade pepper/carrot chow chow
music -by volt face & jeff joseph
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garlic/ginger/hot pepper/lime/chili
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sweet & savory breakfast
plantains & eggs with salsa
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delicious
iced sugar-free strawberry cake
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Delicious!
July 2017
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june morning 2017
a classic tune
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make your rice & shrimp omelettes
delicious homemade
shrimp egg foo yung with veggies & fresh grated ginger
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farmer's market okras
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September 2017 - working with eggplant
yo? basil & red pepper flakes are in it.. on the spice thing..
cooking tune by peven everette
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perloo ( the carolinas)
pelau
pilaf
same hand / different fingers
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my version
cook the rice, vegetable broth & shrimp
with
aka gram flour, besan flour, chick pea flower
vegetable pakoras
September 2017 cooking
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more fun with brussel sprouts!
Sept. 2017
a little help for an often spicy /fishy kitchen
I luv cooking with spices !
fenugreek..curry..garlic..asofoetida...porgies..
no problem.
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savory & flavorful
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a favorite stand by, homemade shrimp eggrolls
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march is cooking! 2018
hot (spicy)homemade & delicious!!
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music & dance tune by- b
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September cooking 2017
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other favorites ( take away)
a favorite take away's
veggie ethiopian platter
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more fish! blackened salmon salad (take away)
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off to a bakery We go!
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tart luv!! aug. 2017
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autumn October 2017 - apples
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spinach crepes !!!!
for preparing mustards/scallions with cornmeal dumplings
ramen
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homemade
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brussel sprouts, potatoes with pomegranate molasses
preparing baked fish fillets with lemon juice
use lower salt version of halloumi
delicious seafood dressing Thanksgiving 2017
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fuyu persimmons
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yellow grits
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a nice fall salad
Autumn 2017 inspirations
(motivation) cooking tune by
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the count down
then
( add your chicken/beef /seafood or shrimp)
cook
Dec. 31, 2017 Rice!!!!!!
"Banging & Spicy"
Happy & Blessed 2018 !
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and so, it begins...
January 2018, Snow ideas??? OK
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You have to add your spices to the gardein
I saute'd the gardein first with onions, then added herbs
I added fresh chopped leeks, onions, garlic, marjoram,
bay leaf, apple cider vinegar ( or red wine) , tomato paste & veggie broth.
season it up!
Delicious, Jan. 2018
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jan. 2018
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jan. 2018
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cupboard necessities (spices)
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jan. 2018 ( wat's up??)
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February 2018
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Mid February's Fishcakes (2018)
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citrus fruit break!!!
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alt. fishcake (2018)
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spaghetti rocks!
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use honey/agave/ stevia or alt. sweetener..
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shrimp recipe 2018
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mac & cheese june 2018
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cold peanut sesame noodles
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stew with veggies, coconut milk & homemade dumplings
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april 2018
tune by aswad
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april 2018...
april 2018
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July 2018 dal peas
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may 2018
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with fresh ginger!
APRIL 2018
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quiche (homemade)
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spring 2018
baguettes 2 ways!
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2018
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may 2018 patacones
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teriyaki griller veggie burger
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medjool dates 2018
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Feb. 2018
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May 2018 - delicious black beans, lime rice & plantains!!
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grilled corn with cheese, scallion & fresh lime
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local produce
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delicious!
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saute
fill & fold , fry, then drain on paper towels
sambusa/samosa/fatayer
alt. fillings potato/seafood/spinach lemon & feta or other veggies.
delicious, light & meatless june 2018
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seasonings summer 2018
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shrimps... July 2018!
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cukes summer 2018
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aug. 2018
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aug 2018 homemade
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from scratch with toasted cumin seeds & herbs
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September 2018
Delicious!
------- sept. 2018 homemade gumbo -------
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basic grilled cheese
w/ gouda & cheddar
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great in gravies & sauces
delicious, spicy & homemade
Octobrrrrrr 2018
(october)
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autumn 2018
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fig bananas & mangos
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Old School Classic
fresh shrooms!
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September 2018
Delicious!
------- sept. 2018 homemade gumbo -------
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basic grilled cheese
w/ gouda & cheddar
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great in gravies & sauces
delicious, spicy & homemade
Octobrrrrrr 2018
(october)
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autumn 2018
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fig bananas & mangos
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Old School Classic
lots of fresh veggies & pitted olives!
combine all
cacciatore with basmati rice
I modified My Mother's recipe
Oct. 2018
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November 2018
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cornmeal flour lime juice, spices
november 2018
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make it from scratch &
freeze it up!
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I like plantain KeleWele style too.
added my homemade frozen green seasoning
Delicious!!!
november 2018
November 2018
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November 2018 fuyu
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let's do it!
Persimmon Cheesecake Tarts
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basmati rice, bayleaves, ghee, peas, potatoes, carrots, onions
garlic, cauliflower, shan biriyani spices.
December 2018
delicious!!!
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December 2018
homemade grilled fish ( mahi mahi)
homemade basmati rice & veggies
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a classic
Dec. 2018
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banana coconut muffins
homemade
December 2018
homemade breakfast - mini egg-bites (with feta, spinach & cheddar)
& banana coconut muffins
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delicious!
I prefer cowpeas
with some collards
Dec. 30 2018
grilled jerk tuna
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season rice - orzo- capers- feta homemade
2019
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black beans
2019
2019
beyond burger meatless
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February 2019
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Gumbo Feb. 2019
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I prefer cowpeas
with some collards
Dec. 30 2018
grilled jerk tuna
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season rice - orzo- capers- feta homemade
2019
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black beans
2019
2019
beyond burger meatless
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February 2019
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Gumbo Feb. 2019
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homemade greens 2019
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tomato goat cheese omelette 2019
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homemade delicious!
breaky!
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homemade
veggie curry
2 ghee or not to ghee?
( alt. use oil or butter substitute )
homemade flatbread
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homemade delicious!
spring salads
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prune , cinnamon, apricot!
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delicious!
grilled fish tacos
on toasted corn tortillas
with kumquat / jalapeno salsa
March 2019
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homemade & tasty!
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spring 2019
april 2019
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delicious & homemade!
a gooseberry/ground cherry - slaw homemade
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homemade & tasty!
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delicious & homemade!
a gooseberry/ground cherry - slaw homemade
homemade & tasty!
april 2019
delicious
- garlic mashed yuca & grilled shrimp
(cassava/yuca -- do not eat this raw ,
like you would not eat a potato
raw.)
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Breakfast Burrito
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Delicious !
May 2019 - Homemade guava habanero jelly!
My Paternal Grandmother
taught me how to can decades ago!
I still love it...
this combo is my own
experiment..
This mildly sweet jelly has a
little fiery kick to it!
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delicious / sweet
May 2019
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Delicious!!!
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delicious
corn griddle cake w/ veggies
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no sugar added carrot cake with raisins
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chole masala
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quorn fillets
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before adding spices, onion & herbs
homemade
mustard saag paneer
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fresh tomatoes from
farmers mart
July 2019
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(32nd Street Peaches)
no sugar peach cake 7/2019
more
about the 32nd street Farmer Mart
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zucchini
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after sauteing onions & adding thyme
experimenting with brown rice
Aug. 2019
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pon the reheat (next day)
More brown rice adventures!!!
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pakoras /chickpea flour
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a summer dinner
Aug. 2019
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spicy
My Take on My Grandmother's
delicious rice -
but the
vegetarian/digital pressure
cooker way!
September 2019
Delicious
hot water cornbread, stringbeans with
rice! Sept.2019
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pretty shallots, farmers mart
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September's
Farmer's Market
Finds
raspberries
we used to sing a little song about these
in kindergarten & first grade...
delicious
like a pineapple /mango / banana flan
in flavor
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downside
short harvest season
& elusive like finding
custard apples/ cherimoya &
soursop around here.
but worth it!!
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okra fritters
add chopped veggies,celery bell pepper, onions
chopped chili pepper, bay leaves ,garlic, mirlitons,
enough spices & make your roux
end result?
a delicious homemade gumbo !
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mini loaves, Delicious!
more pawpaws -September 2019
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gooseberries
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more pawpaws -September 2019
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gooseberries
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October"s
Good Cabbage!
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fresh flavorful collard greens!
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veggie brown rice pelau
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delicious !
(great flavors )
Holidays.....2019
(I always add hot peppers)
U can add lentils, or okra, pumpkin, squash...
to your liking.
December 2019 , Good Soup!!!
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big pieces of fish draining & spider/slotted spoon...
fish & seafood -
those foods-
I know how to seriously prepare
learn to really cook
the foods, that You like to eat.
You'll save lots of $$$$
I love mixing kale & gouda with
macaroni or spaetzles.
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delicious tamales (corn) hot
tomatillo, shrimp & pepper sauce
Other Homemade Meals December 2019
Delicious!
Orange,Garlic Ginger Shrimp
with Snap Peas
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-homemade ponche crema
a Happy & Lit Philly Xmas :)
music
some Parang
By Scrunter
the Baron
& a Carol by Pamberi Steel Band
holiday libations
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after Christmas 2019 recipes
homemade quiche
Homemade
to satisfy that rice gene that's in My DNA
(everything in moderation)
...the chill down..
chilling with
a hot cup of tea & oud (agarwood) candle
Christmas Season 2019
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A Good Juice Bar Reading Terminal Market
Seasons
photo taken
Dec. 2019
so long 2019
The New Year is Arriving Soon like.....
Georgia Muldrow
Shadow
Tekno Miles
Musinah
Doug Carn
Ezra Brown
James Brown
Meridian Hill Drum Circle DC
(some nice tambu beats below)
Ruff & Readdy
Jacob Desvarieux
Jocelyne Labylle
Jean Philippe Marthely
Dede Saint Prix
Shurwayne Winchester
Bamboleo
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Thank You Very Much 2019!!!
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Next week wildcard meal
- a peppery, spiced homemade black bean & potato soup
I like the heat!
(deseed the Hot Pepper/if U can't
take the heat!)
Jan 2020
more on quorn meatless filets
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& this
I don't think I've had any since last summer!
(with pickles/hot peppers/green peppers)
January 2020
music
savory spinach with gouda
light, whole wheat crepes - homemade
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delicious- homemade!
"BROWN BASMATI RICE"
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February
a freestyle
veggie paella
retro jazz music by
hector/mark/ willie
& some good gnawa music
h.hamoummi
& oum
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an herb & olive oil marinated air fryer
veggie fry up!
Delicious & Fast
penzeys spices
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tune by level 42
whole wheat crepes
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homemade delicious churros
sugar-free version /
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lets finish off the
asparagus & mushrooms
make an omelette for dinner!
with
finely chopped onions, chives, pepper jack cheese
with spicy hot taco sauce
nice with rocket on the side!
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homemade (Feb/2020)
sugar-free/whole wheat
chocolate crepes
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amazon
sugar-free nutella
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Homemade
Delicious Piononos
March 2020
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Spring's
allergy season
clear ur head
with
homemade soup !
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a good breakfast
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Carrot Cake
(no sugar added*)
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April 2020
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because I love
pineapple
vegetarian style
delicious with
with pineapples & chillies
May 2020 ( Spicy)
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great tony allen
R.I.P.
May 2020
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with scallion & pistachios,garlic
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homemade & delicious
may 2020
a restaurant recommendation
I don't know if it's open
for take away / but..
sobeachy
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teff flour
using what's in the fridge & freezer!
& making a bomb meal
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make lentil , spice & water batter in
spicy lentil flatbread
with a delicious curry filling
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homemade smoky
string beans /no meat
pepper
tarragon, scallions, garlic/ liquid smoke
july 2020
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with pepper,olive oil, basil & garlic
olives & artichokes are culinary magic
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kelewele
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July 2020
homemade veggie sambusas (large)
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homemade
orange tamarind rice
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"pepperluv"
for Life!
out of matouks
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cherry loaf -- sugarfree
Thankful for
a good cup of!...
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a good cup of!...
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October 2020
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use parchment paper or singed banana leaves
(season, wrap, seal, steam)
made air fryer version less oil
Steamed Salmon Dinner
Oct. 2020
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always drain
crispy well seasoned
with hot scotch bonnet sauce
Delicious Homemade Fried Whiting
Oct.2020
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October Breaky
Oats & Berries
(no sugar added)
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Oct.2020
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Thanks Mom & My Grand Mother (s) for Always Inspiring Me!
(nature, plants from bulbs & seeds)
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2020
November Recipe using
QUORN naked fillets
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cornbread stuffing
crab,scallion, spices with jumbo shrimp
Holidays
November 2020
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Homemade Crabcakes with Remoulade sauce
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Rum Coconut Sweet Potato Pone
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Stuffing
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Holidays Dec. 2020
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Pigeon Peas with Rice
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Kale
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New Years 2021
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January 2021
Homemade
Yogurt /Curry & Spice Marinated Shrimp
with Courgettes & Lime
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fusion inspired meatless cuisine
Delicious
suya/yaji spiced grilled tofu
January 2021
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February 2021
info - Beyond Sausage
Feb. 2021 Snow Day
Delicious
Italian Sausage & Parmesan Grits
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February's 2021 Vegetable Rice, Homemade.
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February's Homemade Stuffed Collards (2021)
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February 2021
Homemade Vegetarian Bariis
(delicious spiced pelau with raisins)
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Collard Green Slaw
Dijon Tarragon Dressing
use organic greens
remove tough stalk
wash well & cut into ribbons
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Hot Dog
because sometimes u just
want one ..
cheese & kuchela
spiced dogs
in airfryer
an older pic of
a dressed veggie dog
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delicious scallops
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Spiced
Apple Walnut Cake
Sugar-Free
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cooked quorn!
delicious puff pastry
quorn (faux veggie based chicken)
in a mushroom & onion sauce
with mushrooms cheese & broccoli
February 2021
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March 2021
Marinated Grilled Squash March 2021
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March Breakfast 2021
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Delicious
Fish!
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salad 2021
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Fresh Turnips Greens
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Harissa Shrimp
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Breakfast March 2021
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March 2021 Delicious!!!
Great to slice off of...
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rolling spring rolls
in wrappers
Spring
March/April 2021
airfryer Shrimp spring rolls, homemade
Delicious!!!
Variations
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essences, extracts & flavorings in my cupboard
or
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Fish - Potato Salad - Rice
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Alfredo
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Spring Mornings
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with potato salad
sliced jalapeno & remoulade
Delicious!
Homemade Crab Cakes
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May 2021 Culinary Ideas...
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Weekend Omelette
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Pakoras
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an open faced sandwich
Delicious
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Delicious!
(cabbage & Vegetable)
Airfryer version/less oil
May 2021
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delicious
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june 2021
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June 2021
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July 2021
Salmon
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Take #2
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July 2021 recipe ideas!
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Autumn Recipe Ideas 2021
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( a kitchen tip) - jam with your favorite music
or iPod while you are cooking..& the food will usually turn out better!
a pirate radio kind of mix-up! (click on song to review)
black coffee
ntjamrosie
mali music
hil st. soul & down 2 the bone
(King Kooba's Broken Mix)
transcend me
kaidi
navasha
gilberto gil
big bang
hugh lawson
m3nsa & terri walker
loriane zacharie feat. victor O
cecile campbell
tykas fea. m'wayne
k'ryn "lanmou kassé"
meemee nelzy
rox
hypa 4000
alison hinds
dayme arocena
orlane fea. patric andrey
Loriane Zacharie Ft. Fred Deshayes - Vini
adomaa
natasha alexander
jade element
foreign exchange
aaries
jarrod lawson
excellent, marcus miller live
fronteira
alice smith
toto/bona/kanza
leon jean marie
meklit hadero
jazzanova
charlotte dipanda
more adomaa
roy hargrove & rh factor feat.renee
keziah jones
5 point plan
silvera!
iyanya ,azonto break
fuse odg, azonto break
craig t cooper
teddy rok seven
d-jet x
jacques d'arbaud
toumani & sidiki
melanie charles & jonathan michel
e.t.mensah
sona jobarteh
jazz jamaica
native
ray obiedo
trinijazz project
chassol
andre condouant
chassol - alix & lisa, eugène mona.
zapata negro
michael white
bobby watson
bukka white
ali farka toure
emeline michel
dephazz
mark de clive-lowe
eska
brenda boykin
soulstance
bebel gilberto
alsarah
david blamires group
andy narell
pierrette adams
josky kiambukuta
pirates anthem
early santana
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dance culture
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fruit sellers
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crocadile's song (not crocodile)
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wood, paint tint & wood veneer -african / caribbean folk art
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crocadile's song (not crocodile)
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