Coconut Palm Sugar Cookies

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Palm sugar is made from the sweet sap of the Coconut Palm tree.  The sap is collected, boiled until thick, then allowed to cool and solidify into round discs.  I saw this sugar for the first time at the Vietnamese Market – it was next to the rock sugar that I was buying, and I [...]

Coconut Shrimp with Spicy Sweet Chili Sauce

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Over Thanksgiving, we decided to skip the turkey… and took a cruise down to the Caribbean instead.  Our second port-of-call was Phillipsburg, on the Dutch side of St. Martin.  We took a tour over to the French side of the island, and stopped for lunch in the seaside town of Marigot.  Now, after eating cruise [...]