Mezze … and You Get a Curfew with That, Too
In Haiti, the earthquake of January 12, 2010 destroyed numerous lives and many structures, including Petionville’s cathedral and central plaza. …
Tag Archives: Haiti
Breadfruit: Blight of Captain Bligh
When Captain James Cook entrusted thirty-three-year-old William Bligh (at the time a Commanding Lieutenant) with the HM Armed Vessel Bounty …
Remembering Haiti Post-Carnival (Kanaval)
In March 2011, Japan suffered an 8.9 earthquake, a magnitude not often experienced. While the massive earthquake last year in …
Inroads of Language, Basted with the Stiff-Necked Grip of French Cuisine
The reach of France’s colonial empire extended far beyond a few fur trappers and Hollywood’s stereotype of exhausted men, rubbing …
C’est Pas Foie Gras, Or, Liver Follies and Foibles
I have a confession to make: I don’t really like liver. For one thing, the gamey taste lingers on the …
BY WAY OF AFRICA: Seafood on the Plate
Africa, West “…with a legion of cooks, and an army of slaves.”–Lord Byron– Five hundred and eighteen years ago, an …
Coconut Groves and Coconut Dreams
“Columbus had no idea, of course, of the almost infinite ramifications of his voyages on the way future people would …
Idylls of Cuisine, #47
[A picture, and nothing more, for silent contemplation.]
Eat a Meal of Solidarity: Haiti’s Sos Pwa Rouj
As in a nightmare wrought by Quentin Tarantino, I watched the horrors unfolding in Haiti after the earthquake. Hands tied, …
In Haiti, The Four Horsemen Strike Again
Surely all of you now know about the latest disaster to hit Haiti — an earthquake of 7.0 hit Haiti …
