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Category Archive for 'Haitian'

Kitchen Through the Looking-Glass: Creole-Style Steak and Bewitched Black Beans (Frijoles al Brujo)

Posted in black beans, Caribbean, grilled, Haitian, oil, oregano, plantains, Puerto Rican, South America, tostones, tradition on Jul 21st, 2011

An oft-heard, anguished cry these days chez nous is “there’s nothing to bloody eat in this house except baby food!”. Never actually true and rarely even close to reality, this refrain was aired again earlier this week when, left to my own devices while Amy enjoys a well-deserved week at her family’s shore house, I [...]

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Haitian Celebration: Griyot ak Diri ak Pwa
(Fried, Marinated Pork Chunks with Rice and Beans)

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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