Archive for the ‘Food, Travel & Leisure’ Category

Back when the Caribbean looked classy to tourists

By First • Jul 28th, 2008 • Category: Food, Travel & Leisure

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



Buy a home in Jamaica: Gated community only US$1.6 million

By First • Jul 4th, 2008 • Category: Food, Travel & Leisure

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.



New York City summer means Jamaican Jerk

By First • Jul 3rd, 2008 • Category: Food, Travel & Leisure

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.



Japanese latte art…yes, in your coffee

By First • Jul 1st, 2008 • Category: Food, Travel & Leisure

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



N***** Head Oysters?!

By First • Jun 30th, 2008 • Category: Food, Travel & Leisure

But were we just being oversensitive?



The story of Ugandan coffee and fair trade

By First • Jun 26th, 2008 • Category: Food, Travel & Leisure

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.



Haiti: Where it’s the tourism being killed off, not the tourists

By First • Jun 25th, 2008 • Category: Food, Travel & Leisure

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.



Fine dining Brazilian style

By First • Jun 24th, 2008 • Category: Food, Travel & Leisure

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…



New York City forces Jamaican patty store to get healthier

By First • Jun 23rd, 2008 • Category: Food, Travel & Leisure

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.



Going cheap in the Caribbean this summer

By First • Jun 20th, 2008 • Category: Food, Travel & Leisure

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.