When washing any kind of lettuce, the main priority has to be that your guests are not grinding on grit or sand whilst eating your much loved salad that you have prepared for them…there is nothing worse. When washing lettuce it is best to fill a clean sink with fresh cold water so that when all [...]

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This musing is true and one that I may or may not share with my grand kids, I have not decided yet, maybe you can help me to come to a suitable conclusion: The Bahamas really was paradise when I moved there from Canada in the winter of 86, I remember boarding the Air Canada [...]

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In the hotel industry many of the old style hotels would never purchase non stick pans, one reason was in the “old days” they did not exist and another was that for heavy usage they would never last long. They would get scratched, dented, burnt, broken, smashed and even stolen, so to avoid this they [...]

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Cutting a mango correctly could not be easier if you have the right tools and the basic knowledge to do so. The first step is to cut a mango as you would normally cut it, if you make a mess of it please do not worry, all you want is the stone from inside as [...]

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When cooking vegetables most people would believe it to be the most simple of tasks, but if done correctly, you can retain all the vitamins, minerals and the wonderful natural colours. Let’s take a simple vegetable such as long beans and go through the steps taking into consideration that most vegetables can be cooked the [...]

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I Arrived in Hong Kong to work in my first five-star hotel in Asia in 1988, and was totally blown away, not only by the quality of the staff and services offered. Nonetheless, I thought that the quality of service could only improve as the industry developed and competition for supremacy in service quality standards [...]

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