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• YardEdge Talks to Chef Paul Griffith Cooking up a Caribbean Storm in South Florida

  29 August 2010 by Karin in Good Food, Interviews [ no comments ]

  [caption id="attachment_9351" align="alignnone" width="570" caption="Chef Paul Griffith - photo contributed by Keisha Witherspoon"][/caption] YardEdge once again welcomes Guest Blogger, Ian Ferguson who recently chatted with Paul Griffith, an accomplished chef from Barbados now based in South Florida. (Yes, we know he's ...

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• Cooking with Virginia Burke, Author of Eat Caribbean

  22 August 2010 by Karin in Good Food [ 3 comments ]

  [caption id="attachment_9276" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="Virginia Burke"][/caption] This past Saturday, Bookland on Knutsford Boulevard hosted a cooking demonstration and book signing with Virginia Burke, author of two Jamaican cookbooks, Eat Caribbean and Walkerswood Caribbean Kitchen. The event was well attended by foodies, ...

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• Dining On The Plains- An Organic Farm Dinner In St. Elizabeth

  15 August 2010 by Karin in Good Food, Worth A Visit [ 3 comments ]

  [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="428" caption="The Pedro Plains"][/caption] During the recent Independence Weekend holiday we had the good fortune to attend an amazing gathering held on a farm perched high in the Pedro Plains of St. Elizabeth. The Organic Farm Dinner Project is ...

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• Jakes Launches Agri-Tourism Initiative, Farm Dinners, at St. Elizabeth Farms

  4 August 2010 by Karin in Good Food, Happening on the Edge 2010, Worth A Visit [ no comments ]

  [caption id="attachment_9092" align="alignnone" width="570" caption="St. Bess is food country"][/caption] Jakes, a bohemian-style boutique hotel nestled in the fishing village of Treasure Beach on Jamaica’s South Coast, has recently launched a new agri-tourism intiative, dubbed as "farm dinners" to be held monthly ...

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• NOBU – World Renowned Japanese Restaurant Comes to Strawberry Hill

  9 March 2010 by Karin in Good Food [ 2 comments ]

  Chef Thomas Buckley, Executive Chef of Nobu Restaurants, along with his team will fly to Jamaica to craft an authentic re-creation from the restaurant’s popular menu this March 29, 30 and 31 at Strawberry Hill.

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• Taking Jamaican Food to Another Level

  8 January 2010 by Karin in Good Food [ 3 comments ]

  Chef Martin Maginley from Round Hill Hotel and Villa's is combining local produce with local culture and revolutionizing Jamaican cuisine. Read more at The Daily Green Also check out the article on Pantrepant, Chris Blackwell's farm in Trelawny, an example of  community supported agriculture.

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• Want to Cook Delicious Vegetarian Dishes?

  21 October 2009 by Karin in Good Food [ 2 comments ]

  http://www.flickr.com/photos/jodigreen/ / CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 CROSSING OVER is a four-week cooking course 1 day a week Saturday 4.00pm-5.30pm and teaches you to create delicious and healthy vegetarian dishes.

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• Spur Tree Lounge Celebrates One Year Anniversary

  27 March 2009 by Karin in Good Food [ 2 comments ]

  Video provided by filmmaker Fury Young and Spur Tree Lounge In a city where food lovers have a choice of nearly 25,000 restaurants to choose from, 'making it' in the restaurant industry in New York City is like winning a small ...

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