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Food
Wines & Spirits Retail Therapy
This week, I want to share with you a few suggestions for your retail wines and spirits shopping for Christmas. Whether you are gifting or entertaining in your small bubble, there are a number of retail outlets that have stepped up their wine and spirits game and we could not be more... Read More
A 'Yaad' Style Thanksgiving
Even though the Thanksgiving holiday is not widely penetrated across Jamaican culture, like many people I do get excited as this period heralds the beginning of Christmas, the most magical time of year. So even if you did not plan for a thanksgiving... Read More
Happy Thanksgiving From Butcher Block
A s we celebrate Thanksgiving today, Thursday Food shares three recipes from Master Meat Crafter Gregory Burrowes guaranteed to spice up your holiday table: The Master Meat Crafter's Perfect New York Strip, Smoked... Read More
TRIO Wine Bar: The Best Things Come in Threes
Opening a restaurant during a pandemic takes ingenuity and grit — which Sophia and Carlos Max-Brown and business partner Jason Lee have in spades. The trio of wine lovers had planned on opening the wine bar before the onslaught of COVID-19. But... Read More
Food Packaging
As a healthy option and for convenience I will sometimes buy ready-to-eat fruits and vegetables while shopping. As you consider your choices, in the one-hour lunchtime, it seems better and healthier to get a pack of watermelon or fruit salad than fried chicken or a... Read More
On the Menu @ Butcher Block - Nov 19
Thursday Food invites you to pull up a chair, open your napkin and chow down on: Steak Bites with Garlic Butter, Thai-Style Spare Ribs, Crispy Baked Scallops, and Crispy Cod Fillets. Steak Bites with Garlic Butter Read More
A Jamaican Thanksgiving with The Best Dressed Chicken
After the year we've had, how do we go into the holidays? With gratitude, of course! Read More
Food Traceability Matters
As part of the New Era of Smarter Food Safety Blueprint, the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has proposed a Rule for Food Traceability. This rule was issued September 23, 2020 and is seeking to implement traceability record-keeping in addition to the requirement of... Read More
Wah Gwan Seasonings by Chef Marcus Anthony
I know I'm home when I hear 'Wah gwan'! Home to me means being in the kitchen sharing the gift of cooking. It was only right that my seasoning company and signature all purpose seasoning be named Wah Gwan. Jamaican culture exudes happiness and love and all of that emotion can be felt in the... Read More
Necktie Jellyman
The year is 1983. The birth of a first child — a daughter — changed the course of life for St James resident Garth Sinclair. A decision to move from being a bus conductor to selling sugarcane, then coconuts, in order to provide more substantially for his new... Read More
On the Menu @ Butcher Block
This week, Thursday Food shares four recipes using salmon, shrimp, cod, and mahi mahi fillet, all from Butcher Block Gourmet Store: Vodka Brined Smoked Wild Salmon, Shrimp Scampi, Garlic Butter Baked Cod, and Ginger Glazed Mahi... Read More
The Best Dressed Chicken Premium Franks for the Win
Being a chef means being part of a community, one that thrives through the sharing of ideas. Small wonder, then, that chefs Michele Williams and Brian Lumley serve as foodie soul mates for each other, with regular check-ins about the art of food. Read More
GB BITES
Gabriella Belnavis was bitten by the baking bug early in life, thanks to time spent in the kitchen with her grandmother, Allison Fergus. “I was raised baking alongside my grandmother... she was also the official baker for her church, making fruitcakes and potato puddings. I was... Read More
Robert Gordon: Crafting a Journey in Jamaican Rum
Today marks the final issue of our Celebrating Men in Wines & Spirits series. Over the past five weeks, we were ushered back in time to where the journey of these men began, the moulding of their careers, and hopes for the future. Today, senior blender in the rum world Robert Gordon... Read More
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