Happy Holidays! In my mother tongue (Fante) we say: "Afihyia pa!" People respond: "Afi nko nbo to hen." Sometimes they add: "Afi sisei dem na..." The three dots are a fill in the blank situation. The sentence basically says "next year by this time..." (fill in the blank).

We’ve been busy on and off, but pretty steady working on our brand, meeting people, and learning to be more efficient. The latter has proven to be the most challenging of all because mom and I like to feed people and whereas before, we could usually do this without much thought about numbers, now we have to be more attentive.

I begin with about 15 fresh scotch bonnets from one of the Mexican stores on Hamilton, although most grocery stores also carry them. They are seasonal so I make sure to stock up when I do find them. The red ones tend not to be as hot.