What a day we had on Sunday! Lots & lots of people, great food, great sorrel punch & ginger beer. Sam Murray cooked for me and we served curried chicken, curried goat, oxtails with butter beans, fried sweet plaintains, rice and peas, and sauted kale with a vinaigrette sauce by vegan chef Brenda Been...
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Victor Hernández Cruz moved to New York at the age of five and now divides his time between Morocco, his native Puerto Rico, and the United States. Elected to the Board of Chancellors of the Academy of American poets in 2008, Cruz was a...
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On Sunday afternoon, November 13 from 2:00 to 5:00, virtuoso versifier Victor Hernández Cruz will be our special guest at the Harlem Arts Salon. He will be talking with Quincy Troupe about the craft of poetry and all that inspired Cruz’s newest volume of...
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I’ve never considered cooking as a profession, because, as much as I like cooking, I don’t have the passion for it. I like cooking only for special occasions, say...
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The summer is just about over, and mercifully the god awful heat and humidity are abating. There are wondrous moments of cool breezes. Imagine August being cooler than July?!...
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You know time’s a witch. She flies and flies and never apologizes for her speed. She’s like a mad driver on booze or whatever. So sometimes it takes a...
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