A trail drops through thick tropical vegetation in Dominica and ends at a beach moviegoers have already seen on a cinema screen. In Martinique, tables at a legendary beach bar stand just beyond dark volcanic sand, with ti’ punch and grilled fish coming out of the kitchen. On another part of the island, steep cliffs rise behind a […]
I’ve been coming to Grand Cayman for two decades, and Seven Mile Beach always surprises. Just how warm the water is. How clear it is. How perfect it is. It really is that good. There’s an apocryphal story that the waters here have some kind of healing properties; I have to say that every time […]
This week was National Piña Colada day. And while I don’t usually wade into these arbitrary calendrical celebrations, it did remind me of a longtime dispute in Puerto Rico: namely, the birthplace of the Piña Colada. You see, there are two competing stories about its origins, though the recipe is not up for dispute. First, […]
It’s a secret recipe. Sure, I can venture a guess. There’s some form of batter and salted cod. Deep fried until they’ve reached that perfect nexus of crispy and chewy, golden brown. But there’s a mystery, an alchemy going on here that only the most expert fish-cake-friers know. For the chef here, they’re the best in […]
