Food & Drink

This section of the Island Origins Magazine website includes content on Caribbean food and drink including articles, recipes, places to go, things to do, and chef profiles. Learn about the traditional and the exotic, from Dominican Sancocho (Stews of the Seven Meats), to Jamaican Ackee and Saltfish, to Vegetarian Burgers made with Caribbean flare.

You can also read about the lives of some Caribbean chefs inside of and beyond the kitchen, how to go on a culinary adventure, and how to add a little spice to your life. Read on, for more Caribbean food and drink info.

Try These Caribbean Pies for your Thanksgiving Table

Perhaps there's nothing more American that a freshly baked apple or pumpkin pie on the thanksgiving table. But anything delicious can go into the basic pie crust....

Upgrade your Thanksgiving sides with these Caribbean recipes

The Thanksgiving season is here, celebrating family, friends...and food, or course! Along with the traditional roasted turkey, the special thanksgiving dinner also provides a great opportunity to...
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Vegan Butternut Squash and Black Bean Chili

Butternut squash is my favorite winter vegetable so it made perfect sense to add it to my delicious warming chili. Wonderfully seasoned, filling and healthy – sign...
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Caribbean Culinary History was on Display at the 2018 Jamaican Jerk Festival

Thousands of visitors to the Grace Jamaican Jerk Festival on Sunday, November 11 interacted with pieces of history at the “Taste the Islands” Caribbean Culinary Museum and...

Our Favorite Unexpected Jerk Spice Combos

Bright, spicy and flavorful, jerk spice can always bring a Caribbean dish to the next level, from chicken to pork. But some combinations may prove very surprising,...
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Caribbean Culinary Museum: A New Cultural Element for Jerk Festival

Jerk, griot, rice and peas, culantro, scotch bonnet peppers and so on, are not elements you typically think about when you think of Caribbean history. But when...
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Try this Spiced Chickpea Salad with Tahini Curry Dressing

You can still have fall without pumpkin. ? I wanted to create a fall inspired recipe without the traditional pumpkin and sweet potato flavors. Growing up in...
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6 Bucket list Festivals for Caribbean Foodies

There's no question the Caribbean enjoys some of the most delicious food on earth. So it's no surprise that so many food festivals called the region home....
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Beverley Johnson knows good Jerk

Amid the deafening soca music and dance-weary revelers, Beverley Johnson ably manned her Bev’s Jerk Center booth at Miami Carnival. She and a three-member team drove in...
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Vegan Pumpkin Banana Cookies – Babe Made Blog

Cookies for breakfast and dessert? Yep, I said it! After Thanksgiving, I had pumpkin cans bursting out of the cabinets. Not to mention, I needed a reprieve...

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