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Snapshots from Jamaica: Breakfast Highlights

My typical morning routine in Jamaica: wake up to watch the sun rise, eat breakfast number one, swim in the ocean, eat breakfast number two. Here are some highlights from both editions of breakfast.

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11 Comments | Posted by Chichi Wang, January 11, 2012 at 9:00 AM
Tagged: breakfast, Jamaican, Snapshots from Jamaica

Serious Sandwiches: Flame of Forest Wrap at the Pineapple Blossom Tea Room in Miami Florida

You may be aware of the fact that Jamaica was at one time a British colony, and as a result much of the country grew up enjoying English style afternoon tea. I didn't, and perhaps that bit of knowledge would have made finding a place like the Pineapple Blossom Tea Room in Miami, Florida much less of a surprise to me than it was.

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1 Comment | Posted by Zach Brooks, May 28, 2008 at 2:00 PM
Tagged: British, Florida, Jamaican, Miami, tea rooms

The World's Most Infamous Aphrodisiacs

Care for something saucy? The Village Voice's Robert Sietsama has a lovely short piece in Salon on the world's most infamous aphrodisiacs: "Even in the U.S., most Jamaican eateries serve up cow cod soup on the weekends, a thick pottage of the bovine member cut up into little gelatinous pieces and mixed with roots and herbs selected for their similar therapeutic effects. This soup is used more for prophylaxis than for remedial purposes, and, come Saturday night, no Jamaican man feels embarrassed about fortifying himself with a serving in full view of the other diners. When you give it a try, wash it down with one of the roots tonics that are available in the same restaurants, and which sport...

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3 Comments | Posted by Lia Bulaong, February 13, 2007 at 2:08 PM
Tagged: aphrodisiacs, Jamaican, Robert Sietsema, sex