FIRST ®- A Jamaican Magazine | Peter Dean Rickards » jamaica food new york http://www.first-magazine.net A Jamaican Magazine Fri, 14 May 2010 13:10:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 New York City summer means Jamaican Jerk http://www.first-magazine.net/2008/07/new-york-city-summer-means-jamaican-jerk/ http://www.first-magazine.net/2008/07/new-york-city-summer-means-jamaican-jerk/#comments Thu, 03 Jul 2008 12:04:49 +0000 First http://www.first-magazine.net/2008/07/03/new-york-city-summer-means-jamaican-jerk/ 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.

Oh, and they also compiled some Jamaican recipes.

“You have to taste that scallion, taste that fresh herb, taste that Scotch bonnet…You can’t just throw some sauce on grilled chicken and call it jerk.”

Read more and view slideshow HERE

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Photograph: Jennifer May/New York Times

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