These Chefs are transforming Caribbean Food across America
With endless rice and peas and a constant stream of tunes from home, our local mom-and-pop Caribbean restaurants will always be on speed dial. But across America,...
The Man Behind the Brand
Writer Calibe Thompson | Photography David I. Muir
With a more than 62 percent minority population, South Florida is home to a significant number of ethnic groups. They...
Cook, Pray, Dance
Writer Cynthia Verna | Photography Richard Lecoin
Cynthia “Chef Thia” Verna is a social media celebrity, award-winning chef, best-selling author, national television show host, and in her most...
With This Ring
There are weddings, and then there are truly spectacular nuptials. Although getting married in the Caribbean is reliably awesome, creativity that goes beyond a sunset ceremony on...
Food for Snacks or Beauty Hacks
Writer Staff Writer | Photography Supplied
Long before YouTube DIY and how-to videos became a thing, women across the Caribbean were using natural ingredients from their gardens and...
Eat Like an Islander
Writer Staff Writer | Photography Supplied
Awe-inspiring landscapes and beautiful beaches are scrumptious food for the mind and body, but for some of us, food for the belly trumps...
Rockin’ Dutty, Eating Clean
Writer Sonia Morgan | Photography Ryan Born
It’s not every day that you get to grill Grammy award-winning dancehall artist Sean Paul about his personal life. But on...
In The Spot Light
Writer Monique McIntosh | Photography Contributed
If film is a tale told in light and shadows, then consider Mario Pignard Jr. the master illuminator.
For 15 years, this highly-regarded motion...
The Fall and Rise of Hip-Hop’s Midnight Robber
Writer Copyseed.com | Photography Courtney Chen
When Wyclef Jean’s name hit the headlines back in 2010, in the aftermath of the Haiti earthquake, we all sat up and...
Committed To The Dream
Writer Hope Cunningham | Photography Paul Kolnick
“That soulfulness, that syncopation, she has a very inherent sense of rhythm and the ability to move her body in an articulation that...