Chicken soup is a comfort food, a restorative elixir, and has its rightful place in nearly every food culture across the globe. In the Caribbean and West Africa, chicken soup is often infused with the ...

Now that we are in the warmest months of the year, we see a lot of our spring crops in decline. But there are a few crops that are still producing, and some will continue to produce until the first ...

Oxtail with broad beans was once a Jamaican household staple, but rising meat costs have made it more of a special-occasion dish. If you’ve got one coming up, we highly recommend making it. Like many ...

In this easy version of the popular Jamaican street food, whole crayfish are steeped in a spicy mixture of water infused with fruity Scotch bonnet chiles. Rinse crawfish thoroughly in a colander under ...

Across the region and the diaspora, the Scotch bonnet lends its distinctive, tart, numbing heat to this hot sauce, offering a taste of the islands and a punch of flavor. By Korsha Wilson As a child, ...

Watch as Chrissy makes a tangy, slightly spicy margarita using Cointreau, Scotch bonnet peppers, grapefruit, lime, and blanco tequila. This riff on The Original Margarita uses Scotch Bonnet peppers to ...

Jim Penne wanted his jerk sauce to be as authentic as possible. So he grows his own Scotch bonnet peppers. "My wife and me have been to Jamaica many times and we really love their jerked foods. I ...

This simple starter of fried plantains quickly became the star of Adrian Forte’s menu at Sam Jordan’s modern Caribbean restaurant Lucia, which opened on Fairfax Avenue in the spring. The caramelized, ...

Bass-heavy music booms from a parked white Infiniti sedan with custom white rims. A small canteen-style truck with an eye-catching red-and-white checkerboard paint job is parked behind a canopy tent ...