A long, long time before butu tourism. So old they were actually encouraging them to come to Kingston.

But then that will get you a four-bedroom, four-bath villa with ocean views and a pool in a gated community in Montego Bay.

From jerk pans in Prospect Park, Brooklyn to a jerk van in Manhattan, Jamaica’s signature dish is all over the Big Apple. After all jerk, with its unique balance of flavours is one of the world’s great BBQ traditions, reasons the New York Times.

From the country that imports 90 per cent of Jamaican Blue Mountain Coffee. But what does it taste like?

But were we just being oversensitive?

You might have seen that documentary Life and Debt which focuses on the plight of Jamaican farmers. But if their life was hard, it’s been immeasurably harder for the coffee farmers of Mount Elgon in Uganda.

We complain about the reputation Jamaica has and how it might scare off the tourists. But spare a thought for how it affects Haiti, and their murder rate is just one-ninth of ours.

Brazilian food, a bit like our national cuisine, is food made to be shared by a lot of people. It’s a social thing, not something on a plate to stare at. But despite laid-back appearances Brazilians can get fancy with their food…

Patties are unhealthy!? Well we knew they’re not exactly a health food, but NYC officials are even less impressed. They ordered one Jamaican bakery to change its shortening ingredient, part of a city wide ban on trans fats…or be fined US$2,000.

You don’t think we gave you enough good advice recently? From The New York Times comes a budget guide to holidaying in the Caribbean this summer complete with interactive map.