Irie Food Joint
(Source: Blogto)
Once on College, the Irie Food Joint relocated to Queen and Palmerston a number of years ago where it serves good food and good vibes. The jerk chicken is quite tender and contains a mix of traditional ingredients like scotch bonnet peppers and allspice as well as new ingredients like sweet [...]
Caribbean cooking with spices and herbs
By SEETA PERSAD (Source: Newsday.co.tt)
Caribbean spices and herbs are gaining popularity in the USA and the UK. According to chef Seeta Parsan of Claxton Bay, there are many fast food outlets as well as restaurants opening its doors in these countries.
Parson is currently in London where [...]
(Source: Africa The Place To Be)
Do you like spicy food?
Do you plan to go to Nairobi ?
I recommend Handhi’s to you. It means “clay pot” in one of the Indian languages and the restaurant serves a number of dishes using these clay pots. The variety and quality of the food is superb and among the [...]
Dining for a cause
Prague’s first Ethiopian eatery has a humanitarian aim
By Curtis Wong - Staff Writer | Walter Novak (The Prague Post)
No utensils necessary: Ullmannová proudly displays the Vinohrady café’s specials.
Barbora Ullmannová, a waitress at Vinohrady’s Ethiopia Café, is quick to say how much she loves her new job.
“It’s [...]
Mainsha Restaurant
(Source: Blogto)
Though plain looking from the outside, Mainsha Restaurant serves up a homemade recipe of Jerk chicken daily in three sizes - small for $5,medium $7 or $9 for a large serving of jerk with rice n’ peas and coleslaw. Mainsha has several locations throughout the city but this is the original location [...]
Taste of Africa
By Marcus Schulz (China Daily)
Ras Ethiopia claims to be the only Ethiopian restaurant in China and offers patrons a taste of culture with every bite of authentic Ethiopian cuisine. Guests enter to the scent of amber incense and fresh coffee brewed every night in elaborate ceremonies specific to the small African country, [...]
Peppers West Indian Takeout
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Found in North Toronto, Pepper’s is a great destination for Caribbean food but you have to know it to find it. Once you make it to Pepper’s, order the Jerk chicken. Small is $6.50 and large $8.50. Everything on the menu is authentic as can be right down to the [...]
Cool Runnings
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In Toronto’s east end near Main and Danforth, Cool Runnings is a very cool eatery with great Jamaican food and hands down the proudest Caribbean chef in town! Like the other restaurants on this list, the prices are very affordable and the atmosphere is casual. But unlike the others, Cool Runnings puts [...]
Momma Cherri’s Soul in a Bowl Cookbook
By Charita Jones
List Price: £20.00
Price: £13.00
Momma Cherri and her restaurant ‘The Soul Food Shack’ shot to fame after being featured on Gordon Ramsay’s “Kitchen Nightmares” in 2005.
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The larger than life star of the show was Charita Jones a.k.a Momma Cherri. Since her life [...]
Levi Roots
Levi Roots grew up in Jamaica where his grandmother taught him the magic of Caribbean cooking. He later moved to England, but yearned for the music and sunshine of Jamaica.
To combat his homesickness he would spend hours in the kitchen, preparing the recipes his grandmother had given him and refining her recipe for jerk [...]
