Cut an eggplant in half lengthwise. Scoop out the pulp, leaving a thin shell. Spoon in some tuna and look what you get! Apparently, the god of the Sea, Poseidon, likes eggplant with his tuna. He has the power to cause earthquakes but not the power to stop this awful…
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Stop Making Sense is a highly praised concert film that features the Talking Heads live on stage in 1983. The film was directed by Jonathan Demme and was shot over a period of 3 evening concerts in December 1983. The Talking Heads album that was being promoted during this concert…
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My recent trip to Jamaica resulted in a veritable Super Buffet of awesome delicious foods that found their way to my super stomach. We had the surf and we had the turf. No problems, all good mon! The Surf Marlin Lion Fish Snook Conch Squid Crab Saltfish Red Snapper Shrimp…
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Ahhh, the hot dog! One of our favorite food creations of all time. A hot dog is a sausage served in a sliced bun. It is commonly garnished with mustard, ketchup, onions, mayonnaise, relish or sauerkraut. Claims about hot dog invention are difficult to assess, as stories assert the creation…
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Alton Ellis, the Godfather of Rocksteady music, was born in 1938 in Trenchtown, Kingston, Jamaica. Along with his younger sister Hortense, who was born in 1941, the two created singles and duets for Clement and Coxsone Dodd’s legendary Studio One in Kingston during the early days of ska and rocksteady.…
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Many women over the years have been called the “Queen of the Blues.” Bessie Smith (1894-1937), Dinah Washington (1924-1963), Memphis Minnie (1897-1973), Mary Ann Fisher (1923-2004) and Koko Taylor (1928-2009) were all know as the “Queen of the Blues” at various times. However, there is one name that belongs on…
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Oh boy, cauliflower surrounded by shredded beets in spinach nests! They go great with stuffed eggplant on a bed of celery cabbage with glazed carrots and parsley tops. Awfully good, oh yes! Bon Appétit!
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Michael Campbell, better known as Mikey Dread, is a Jamaican singer, producer, and broadcaster. He was born in 1954 in Port Antonio, Jamaica, West Indies. Mikey Dread displayed a natural talent for engineering and electronics. After he finished college, Campbell started out as an engineer with the Jamaica Broadcasting Corporation…
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Jamaica’s constant tropical climate helps to produce some very succulent and juicy fruits that grow year round. Fruits such as mango, June plum, sweet sop, soursop, ackee, tamarind, sugar cane, guava, Naseberry, Otaheite apples and star apples. Jamaican food includes popular dishes such as curry goat, ackee and saltfish, fried…
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