Thanksgiving on Ambergris Cay!

 
Thanksgiving Day is a time of family gatherings, offering thanks, and great meals! And Ambergris Cay was no different over the busy holiday weekend. This past Weekend saw the arrival of many members and prospects to the Cay, as they took in some sun, enjoyed activities and celebrated the holiday tradition.   
 
In celebration of the [...]

Spanish Chorizo

Every household in Spain has at least one or two of the hundreds of varieties of delicious chorizo sausages.   Spanish chorizo-type products, often referred to as Embutidos come in many varieties, thick and thin, plain or smoked;  some containing lean meat to be served for tapas, or with more fat to flavor stews and grilled [...]

OLIVE OIL AND HEALTH

OLIVE OIL AND HEALTH

Extra virgin olive oil is a natural juice full of flavor and aroma, with high vitamin A, D, K and E content. It has an anti-oxidant effect on the human body cells and 80% of extra virgin olive stimulates bone growth, and calcium absorption. Fats and oils are an essential part [...]

How to cook Green Vegetables

Green beans, broccoli, spinach… Cooking green vegetables!

Never steam your green vegetables! They’ll taste better, cook faster, retain their attractive color and keep their healthful properties.

Very few chefs teach the theory of cooking. They might explain a recipe but they don’t get to the bottom of things: they don’t tell why a thing is done [...]

A Brief History on Salt

Medieval European records document salt-making and on the European Continent, Venice rose to economic greatness through its salt monopoly. Saltmaking was important in the Adriatic/Balkans region as well (the present border between Slovenia and Croatia) where Tuzla in Bosnia-Herzegovina is actually named “tuz,” the Turkish word for salt. So is Salzburg, Austria, which has made [...]

Spicy Guinness Mustard

Spicy Guinness Mustard

MAKES 3 1⁄2 CUPS

1 12-oz. bottle Guinness Extra Stout
1 1⁄2 cups brown mustard seeds (10 oz.)
1 cup red wine vinegar
1 tbsp. kosher salt
1 tsp. freshly ground black pepper
1⁄4 tsp. ground cinnamon
1⁄4 tsp. ground cloves op
1⁄4 tsp. ground nutmeg op
1⁄4 tsp. ground allspice

1. Combine ingredients in a bowl. Cover with plastic wrap [...]

TCSC’s partner Chef Receives James Beard Award for Best Chef in the Southeast!!

Chef Mike Lata from Charleston’s Fig Restaurant receives one of the highest awards in the culinary world, the James Beard Award for Best Chef!!

Mike Lata recently treated members of Turks & Caicos Sporting Club at Ambergris Cay to his innovative and exquisite food during our First Wellness Weekend in January. See here for previous posts [...]

Naturalist Interactive Visit Pictures!

Here are snapshots of the Turks & Caicos Sporting Club’s Naturalist Interactive Visit held at the Children’s Bight Park (Providenciales) on May 14 & 15, 2009…

Click here to see photos:
Bight Park Environmental Awareness

These photos were provided by Brian Riggs, Curator for the National Environmental Center; DECR

Tadd Frye Recipes

Bread And Butter Pickled Vegetables
Ingredients:

3lbs Mixed Vegetables: Carrots, Celery, Onions, Garlic, Cauliflower
3ea Yellow Onions, Julienne
1/8th Cup Celery Salt
5 Cup Cider Vinegar
5 Cup Sugar
≤ t Turmeric
2T Yellow Mustard Seed
3ea Bay Leaf
8ea Whole Black Peppercorn

Procedure:
The vegetables listed are the standard ones one finds in almost every recipe, but [...]

Returning to Roots

Sundays are my favorite days here on Ambergris Cay. Usually my week’s work (yes, I do call this work…) has been completed and Sunday is a time when I can relax, fish, snorkel, scuba, and/or kayak.

This Sunday is specifically special. Captain Byron Sewell, Dion Parson (leader of our In Conversation With Jazz Weekend and 21st [...]