Posted in African, allspice, bacon, braised, brown sugar, cabbage, carrots, diversity, fried, Garlic, gravy, Haitian, Meat, parsley, peppers, pork, Recipes, spicy, tradition on Oct 15th, 2010
“Griyo is madd good. If you have neva tasted it, you are missing a lot.” So much of what we think we know of Haiti is bad – from the massive human suffering and destruction caused by January’s earthquake, to decades of political and social unrest, to blood-curdling tales of voodoo curses and zombies – [...]
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Posted in allspice, beans, Blogroll, Caribbean, cheap meal, chicken, chile, cilantro, culture, easy, fried, Garlic, grilled, history, Jamaican, orange juice, paprika, pinto beans, plantains, pork, Recipe, Recipes, red beans, rice, spices, spicy, tostones, weather on Feb 27th, 2008
Ahhh, jerk chicken. One of my favorite dishes. It’s spicy, kind of sweet and when made well should almost melt in your mouth. On a cold winters night, there’s nothing that can snap you out of a cold-weather-depression than cooking up something from the Islands. Jerk was used as a way to preserve and cook [...]
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Posted in alcaparrado, allspice, avocado, capers, chile, chops, cilantro, lime, Olive Oil, olives, orange juice, pork, Recipe, Recipes, spicy, yucca on Nov 5th, 2007
I used to make these braised pork-chops quite regularly – several times a year, but I hadn’t made them for probably a year until last Thursday when Amy and I realized that we hadn’t even eaten pork chops for about four months. The recipe is actually one of my originals, although I’m sure there are [...]
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