Miramar, FL – On Sunday, November 12, 2023, 2pm-10pm, get ready to savor the authentic island flavors, feel the rhythm, and embrace the vibrant spirit of the Caribbean at the 21st Annual Grace Jamaican Jerk Festival (GJJF), an epic and cultural event like no other. Set against the picturesque backdrop of Miramar Regional Park at 16801 Miramar Pkwy, Miramar, Fl 33027, this festival promises an unforgettable experience for an anticipated 10,000 attendees. GJJF is a chance to experience the rich tapestry of Caribbean culture through music, dance, and art.
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NEW YORK, NY - Like many Caribbean nationals in the Diaspora, Haiti is on my mind now, and as I get my donations together to help the victims there of Hurricane Matthew, I am also thinking about the wonderful cuisine of Haiti.
NEW YORK, NY - I love ice cream – all flavors and especially tropical fruit flavors .
NEW YORK, NY - As a food lover, I am always looking for the interesting and the unfamiliar dishes and one I was recently introduced to is Haitian BBQ Goat.
NEW YORK, NY - I love Salted Cod Fish. It is such an interesting food to cook with; a food item that should always be in your pantry or refrigerator, especially during this active hurricane season.
NEW YORK, NY - As chefs, sometimes we are blessed with such abundance of foods that we do not have the storage space to store all of it. During those blessed occasions I try to give away as much as I can to friends and neighbors.
NEW YORK, New York - Cassava is such a great staple and super food that even in Brazil it is regularly used in their cuisine as in the Caribbean.
NEW YORK, NY - Coconut milk is such a versatile food that it is found in the cuisine of several cultures all over the world including the Caribbean.
NEW YORK, NY - In the Caribbean and in the Diaspora, the Sunday dinner meal is one of the most important meals of the week.
Scientists have found what they believe to be the earliest known evidence of wine drinking in the Americas, inside ceramic artefacts recovered from a small Caribbean island. Forty ceramic sherds were examined in the first study to have used molecular analysis techniques – Gas Chromatography and Mass Spectrometry - to investigate 15th century pottery from the Puerto Rico region.
NEW YORK, NY The influence of India in the Caribbean is one of the Caribbean’s biggest secrets. Like the Chinese, Indians from several Provinces in India were imported as indentured servants to the Caribbean.
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – A food security and livelihoods survey has found that 3.7 million people, or 52 per cent of the population of the English-speaking Caribbean, remain food insecure.
GEORGETOWN, Guyana – Guyana has earned an estimated GUY$274 million (One Guyana dollar=US$0.004 cents) from the black water shrimp industry during the first quarter of this year, Agriculture Minister, Zulfikar Mustapha.