‘Pea soup served over rice with sambal oelek? That is not ‘Indies’ cuisine! I get a similar response from people when I tell them that this Indies cuisine offers its own version of macaroni and cheese. Some frown when I explain that ‘Frikandel pan,’ (a meatloaf dish out of the oven) and Hussars salad with beets…
This dish still scores high on my list of comfort food. It’s my Dad’s picker-upper dish. Where other kids who were not feeling well would often get Chicken Soup, I was getting my Dad’s Mashed Potatoes with Sweet Peas. Yummm! Wake me up in the middle of the night and serve me this, why don’t…
The sun felt warmer to the face when it hit us by the time we came out of the train station on Flatbush Ave in Brooklyn. It was a true mid-summer Wednesday in NY.