Shelling congo beans
“Rale ti chèz ba’w, vinn kale pwa” (Grab a low straw chair, and come peel some congo beans). These are…
Category: “grains”
How do you cook your rice?
Yes, you read right. Rice is once again featured on this blog. You didn’t really think I would leave you…
Sòs pwa, Haitian bean sauce
My grandmother’s dining table on a weeknight, eight regulars, a bowl being passed from one set of hands to the…
Mayi Boukannen the right way
As you may already know from reading my mayi boukannen or bouyi article, growing up, there was nothing quite as…
For the love of “graten”
A child sneaks into a kitchen, lifts a lid that’s covering a simmering pot of rice and pours some oil…
Tchaka, a family tradition
Pretend today is Saturday and not Wednesday. Now dim the lights. Better yet, light a tèt gridap in a room…
For the love of rice
I will never forget the cafeteria conversations I had with my friends over dinner while in college in the US.…
Mayi boukannen or bouyi? Se la pou la
At my house food vanishes within seconds. And when it comes to mayi boukannen or mayi bouyi, se la pou’w…
Fried Beans
Fried beans and how we ruined dad’s Good Friday meal… Tradition in our family has it that there absolutely must…