How to Make Caribbean Food

Caribbean Cookbook: Crispy Skin Black Cod From Chef Ron Duprat

 THE LATEST Caribbean Cookbook comes to you from Haiti’s most famous chef, Ron Duprat, who sent in his recipe for crispy skin black cod. Duprat sent in the recipe on the occasion of the recent Taste of the Caribbean competition …

A Caribbean Father’s Day Recipe

 By Nigel SpenceCJ Contributor Did you know the Fathers’ Day was founded in Spokane, Washington at the YMCA in 1910 by Sonora Smart Dodd? Her idea was to create a similar celebration to complement Mother’s Day, honoring fatherhood and male …

Caribbean Cookbook: From Jamaica, Tamarind Glazed Salmon

 THE LATEST edition of Caribbean Cookbook heads to Jamaica and the kitchen of Chef Gian Stewart, Chef de Partie at the Sandals Royal Plantation hotel in Jamaica, a certified Executive Chef who will be competing with the Jamaican team at …

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Caribbean Cookbook: A Rum Baba Recipe From Suriname

 Above: Jethro Wirht’s rum baba (Photos by Victuals Photography) THE LATEST Caribbean Cookbook comes from Jethro Wirht, who is representing Suriname at the upcoming Taste of the Caribbean culinary competition in Miami. Jethro has offered his recipe for Rum Baba to Caribbean …

Caribbean Cookbook: From Anguilla, Conch Fritters With Yellow Curry Sauce

 Caribbean Cookbook will be featuring recipes from some of the Caribbean’s best chefs in the next month as they prepare to compete in the upcoming Taste of the Caribbean competition in Miami. The first recipe comes from Teron Thompson, a …

Caribbean Cookbook: Crab Stew and Coconut Arancini From Puerto Rico

 THE LATEST edition of Caribbean Cookbook comes to us from the Condado Plaza Hilton in San Juan, Puerto Rico. This recipe for Salmorejo (Crab Stew) and Coconut Arancini is the brainchild of Executive Chef Germania Maria Diaz, who delighted attendees …

Caribbean Cookbook: Pan-Roasted Snapper From Antigua’s Curtain Bluff

 THE LATEST edition of Caribbean Cookbook comes to you from the Curtain Bluff resort in Antigua, home to Executive Chef Christophe Blatz. The resort’s chef has been kind enough to share his recipe for pan-roasted snapper with Caribbean Cookbook, which …

Caribbean Cookbook: A Shrimp Recipe From St Lucia’s Dasheene Restaurant

 Above: Chef Nigel Mitchel CHEF NIGEL MITCHEL leads the kitchen at the famous Dasheene restaurant at the Ladera Resort in St Lucia, and he’s been kind enough to share one of his signature recipes with Caribbean Cookbook. It’s called Shrimp …

 

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Editor’s Note: The Caribbean, After Irma

 On Oct. 9, 1780, the Great Hurricane came to the Caribbean. Huracan San Calixto lasted 11 days in the West Indies, pummeling the southeastern Caribbean with terrifying winds as high as 200 miles per hour, destroying homes and livelihoods. Almost …

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Rum Journal

Rum Journal: Celebrating Hemingway, Papa’s Pilar Opens Key West Distillery

 BY ALEXANDER BRITELL The sun burned and then the doors opened and the rum began to flow, in the way only rum can on a hot afternoon. In an old grey building on Simonton Street in this island corner of …

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Markets

A Must-Visit Caribbean Hospitality Conference

 Caribbean hoteliers and industry stakeholders will gather in Miami for the third installment of the Caribbean Hospitality Industry Exchange Forum, slated to take place from June 2 to 4 at the Hyatt Regency Miami. Produced by the Caribbean Hotel and …

• The Caribbean’s Biggest Solar Energy Plant

• The Caribbean’s Most Innovative Hospital