My go to three-ingredient fruit curd recipe

I have been preparing fruit curds for a few years now. I’ve even shared some of my favorite concoctions with…
I have been preparing fruit curds for a few years now. I’ve even shared some of my favorite concoctions with…
I can’t help but question some of Mother Nature’s fruits. Not necessarily because I dislike them, but because I find…
Summer officially began a few weeks ago. For the rest of the world, this marks the opening of the summer…
If ever a fruit were to teach us not to judge a book by its cover, that responsibility would fall…
For the longest time, the idea of a berry season in Haiti seemed foreign to me. Even though fraises des…
If you recall my first guava article, you are fully aware of my distaste for this fruit. What am I…
It’s amazing how big of an impact our childhood can have on us. Just yesterday, I caught myself giggling at…
Would you have ever thought to look for happiness in a simple glass of chadèque juice? What if I told…
One afternoon, a few moons ago, I came across a rather unusual dish being prepped in our kitchen. My mother…
I first published this plum article four years ago on August 6, 2015. The 2019 update includes a few text…
The best dishes are the ones we create accidentally. The ones we prepare on a whim. This ginger mango grilled…
If I told you to prepare a limeade by blending the entire fruit, would you do it? Let me guess,…
At first, I wanted to name this article the deconstructed fruit bowl. Instead of a fruit cup, I was planning…
The 12:00pm bells are ringing. It’s Friday. School is officially out. A swarm of bees in blue uniform gathers around…
Mango salsa and painting. What do those two have in common? A lot. In my world at least. Both mango…
In Pre-K, all of the children were terrified of a fruit we found on the playground. We had baptized it…
Got an excessively fruitful sour orange tree? Why not make a sour orange marmelade!? We have two sour orange trees…
Lapabin in Haiti, Caribbean Chestnuts elsewhere, but truly Breadnuts in English… When I was younger I was a bit obsessed…
It’s Sunday. The table is set. Alongside each place setting are brown ramequins. Their sight brings a smile to a…
Today, we’re going back in time to a Sunday morning 20 something years ago. It’s about 9 or 10 am.…
Today, we’re taking a road trip outside of Port-au-Prince. Our destination? Jacmel, a city located in the South East of…
Have I introduced you to the human version of birds that steal strawberries? I have certainly told you countless times…
It’s 5 o’clock. I am getting home from work. Upon my arrival, I am greeted with numerous questions. My mom…
Two years ago, I was marveling at the beauty of perusing through our at-home garden. Yesterday, after work, I took…
Imagine being absorbed in your work when suddenly: po’w, po’w, po’w…an avalanche of mango kòn makes you jump out of…
Dear readers, I am back. Yes, finally. I apologize for my long absence. This month marks two years since I…
I love that this blog earns me food gifts from friends and family especially since most of them are usually…
This brave woman carrying her fresh harvest downhill is not an unusual sighting in the mountains of Haiti. Women like…
What do you do when you come across a fruit from your childhood and want to try and figure out…
There are two great things about the above-featured fruit: nothing beats a nap under its tree’s branches, and they make…
Yes, you are reading right. Caribbean apricots are back on this blog, and it’s only been two weeks since this…
Mango kòn, mango fransik, mango tòtòt…mango kanèl, mango muska, mango baptiste, mango blan…. If you haven’t guessed it yet, it’s…
As I stare at the above picture of the remnants of one of our wonderful days at the beach here…
“Depi gòj mwen kòmanse gratem, mwen manje on mòso kann” (I eat sugarcane at the first signs of a sore…
A few years ago, to my grand dismay, dad introduced the passion fruit tree, a fruit tree I was not…
When we were younger, we often hung out among cousins at the same house that had become our pied-à-terre. One…
As many of you know, it’s avocado season practically everywhere around the globe. Here in Haiti, the season is at…
Voyage to quenepes country… You are certainly wondering which country I am referring to in the title. This blog is…
Rumor has it that this fruit cannot be open without a door. Throughout my childhood, we enjoyed breaking up these…
Would you eat a green peach? What if I told you that it is as tasty as a ripe one?…
If I told you that one tiny bite of this fruit was the remedy to my homesickness while abroad would…
Today’s fruit is featured at the top of my list of fruits that got us in trouble throughout my childhood.…
Summer is upon us. And though mandarins are not a summer fruit – the peak of the season is between…
One of the greatest pleasures of mountain life in Haiti is to be able to stop along the way during…