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.

Exploring Island Cuisine With These Amazing Caribbean Chefs

Each year, a choice group of the most acclaimed Caribbean chefs and mixologists come together to represent their islands at Fort Lauderdale’s signature Caribbean culinary festival—The Taste...

You Need to Try These 4 Unique Holiday Recipes for Fall and Winter

Take your dinner table to the next level with these alternative and unique holiday recipes for the fall and winter seasons. Picadillo...

The Sweet History of Caribbean Rum Cake and Black Cake

As the holiday season approaches, the Caribbean comes alive with traditions, one of the most cherished being the baking of rum cake and black cake....

Island SPACE Caribbean Museum to Host Third Annual Rum Cake and Black Cake Fest

Plantation, Fla.: Island SPACE Caribbean Museum and Caribbean Professionals Network are excited to announce the third annual Rum Cake and Caribbean Black Cake Fest, set...
Taste the Islands Experience Caribbean Culinary Museum

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...
Chef Thia

Taste The Islands Recipe of The Week: Chef Thia

When creating her decadent dishes, Chef Cynthia Verna (affectionately known as “Chef Thia”) isn’t afraid to scour the globe for unique flavors. Her food infuses Caribbean, African,...

Second Annual Rum Cake and Caribbean Black Cake Fest Comes to South Florida

To kick off the holidays “tastefully,” Island SPACE Caribbean Museum is collaborating with Caribbean Professionals Network and a number of South Florida bakers to present the Rum Cake...
Beverley Johnson

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...

Forget Salad! Try These 3 Paleo Island Recipes To Kickstart Your Diet

The paleolithic diet, often simply called paleo, is a dietary plan that favors foods eaten by early humans before agricultural development, like lean meats, fish,...
Curry Chicken - My Caribbean Kitchen

No Mess Curry Chicken

From "My Modern Caribbean Kitchen", the first cookbook by Virgin-Islander Julius "The Chef" Jackson. Yield: 10 Servings INGREDIENTS • 3 lb bone-in Chicken pieces (wings, thighs, drumettes) • ½ cup desired poultry...

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