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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, bloggers and cooking enthusiasts who watched and listened attentively as Virginia ably demonstrated how to

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Good FoodWorth A Visit

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 a series of monthly feasts held on a farm (literally in the middle of a field)

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Good FoodWorth A Visit

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 in St. Elizabeth. Staged in conjunction with Liz Solms, an accomplished chef and local sustainable agriculture expert, the

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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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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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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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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 lottery.

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For those of us who need cooking to be “easy”…and cooking good Jamaican food is generally not. Check out this recipe- great for Sunday dinner. Anybody have any good “easy” recipes to share?

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Starapples has a new look. We visited the new Starapples recently and were pleasantly surprised by the new vibe and new menu. There are still two dining areas, one inside and one outside, but the outside area is now complete with a flat screen, bar (on Sundays), and the Stanley

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EntrepreneursGood FoodWorth A Visit

Berette Macaulay of SeBiArt speaks with Jamaican entrepreneur, photographer, filmmaker, and world traveler Sean John, about his latest venture – SPUR TREE Lounge in New York City. In house photography seen in the interview by Sean John and William Richards. Insert images of food, and magazine images, by Sean John,

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