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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

Scotch bonnet peppers are the chilies of choice in Caribbean cooking, lending a fiery bite to sauces and marinades. Pureed with sugar, scallions and warm spices, the yellow-red pepper pods are an ...

The Scotch Bonnet hot pepper (Capsicum chinense Jacq) thrives well under tropical and sub-tropical climatic conditions. These peppers fall within the group of ‘super-hot’ chiles with a heat rating in ...

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 ...