There are some foods you can’t un-taste. These are the dishes that inhabit a world of their own, anchoring you to a place and time in a way that’s more powerful than memory alone. For me, a ...
Marcus Samuelsson's delicious hand pies are filled with callaloo and andouille, but you can fill them with anything you have on hand — sausage, fish, ham, vegetables, or even fresh crab or chopped ...
This recipe is a mashup of memories from sampling street food at the Breakfast Shed, an outdoor food market collective in Port of Spain, Trinidad and the kind help of my friend Akeisha Hayde, who is ...
Heat olive oil in a sauté pan over medium heat, then add onion & garlic and sauté until they have softened a bit. Then add thyme sprigs, scotch bonnet, and saute another minute. Then add callaloo, ...
In a stockpot or large saucepan, warm the olive oil over medium heat for a minute, then add the garlic. Sauté until fragrant, about 30 seconds, then add the onion; continue to sauté, stirring often, ...
During a recent family getaway to Jamaica, I devoured at least one helping of callaloo every day. Callaloo is both the name of a dish, a staple all over the Caribbean, and the vegetable it is made ...
Years ago, I went on a vacation to Jamaica, which seemed like a good idea at the time, though I can’t remember why. Since my trips are (almost) always culinary, I was looking forward to the finely ...
Soup is practically as old as cooking itself. More than 20,000 years ago, when man created the first waterproof container in the form of a clay pot, soup-making got underway. Basically defined, it was ...
I drive right by the Callaloo Trinidadian Kitchen, at Lemon and Mulberry streets, on my way to work and was intrigued by the small restaurant with the drawing of a hummingbird on the large window. So ...