A Simple calalou

August 16, 2020.Reading time 3 minutes.

So what is Calalou? It is not exactly a dish that can be easily found on Miami restaurants’ menus. It is a simple, warm, and nourishing soup that can be made at home. Calalou (also spelled callaloo, calaloo, or kallaloo) is either a soup or a stew made with okra and dasheen or spinach leaves. […]

Jamaican Cow Cod Soup – The Strangest Thing I Have Ever Eaten

December 30, 2019.Reading time 5 minutes.

One day I went to a party on a Saturday night, a Jamaican party to be precise. Reggae music was blasting. Children were running around. Women in the kitchen cooking and chatting. Some of the men playing dominoes, others watching cricket on TV; all of them eating something called “cow cod soup”. “What is cow […]

Lera Fortune’s Breadcrumb Fried Fish

February 7, 2016.Reading time 1 minute.

Lera Fortune is one of the best cooks in Grenada. Once you taste her food, it is impossible not to benchmark her dishes against anyone else’s. She has magic hands and a good soul – the perfect ingredients that make anything she cooks taste like a gift from her heart. Here is her method for […]

Lera Fortune’s Callaloo Soup

October 13, 2013.Reading time 3 minutes.

So what is Callaloo? It is not exactly a dish that can be easily found on the menus of Miami restaurants but it is a simple, warm and nourishing soup that can be made at home. Callaloo (also spelled calalou, calaloo or kallaloo) is either a soup or a stew that is made with okra […]

Palomilla Steak, Black Beans and Fried Plantains

July 31, 2013.Reading time 4 minutes.

This is a typical Cuban dish widely enjoyed in South Florida. We always eat it but never cooked it at home. My friend Saide Bofil came to the rescue with a simple lip-smacking recipe. Bistec de Palomilla is a Cuban dish consisting of top round steak, pan-fried after being marinated in garlic, lime juice, salt, […]