Jamaica Gleaner What's Cooking
Published: Monday Thursday | March 26, 2009
Jamaicans win jerk 'World Cup'
Two Jamaicans can now consider themselves champions of the world after emerging tops in the first ever Jerk Challenge last Friday in Ocho Rios. It all started when United Kingdom celebrity chef and well-known television personality Antony Thompson boasted... Read More...
Kitchen Cures - Miraculous garlic!
When was the last time you had some mouth-watering garlic shrimp? In the Lenten season, that is a perfect meal, especially when you consider the many health benefits of garlic. Many of us use this bulb out of habit every day to cook without considering whether it's good for us. Read More...
How bammies are made
Fish and bammy! What a delightful meal! A favourite of Jamaicans, here at home and abroad. However, we take it for granted and seldom stop to think how the bammy is made. We already know where the fish comes from and how it is prepared.... Read More...
PriceSmart protects environment with reusable blue bag
PriceSmart has taken its environmental awareness campaign one step further. The company has replaced single-use plastic bags at the check-out counter with the increasingly popular reusable blue bag. This is their way of helping to protect the environment... Read More...
International Coaches for Jamaica Central Health and Wellness Expo
Rosie 'Peppy' Parke of Fitness by PEPS in Washington, D.C., will share her techniques with persons attending the JAMCEN Health and Wellness Expo in Mandeville on Saturday and Sunday, March 28 and 29, starting at 10 a.m. Read More...
DRINKS anyone?
Over the ensuing months, we will take you around the bars of the island as we try their favourite or most popular drinks. We begin at TGIFriday's, where bartender Albert Brown introduced the Ultimate Mudslide. It can be had alone, with a meal or - just to end a wonderful... Read More...
Something fishy
We hope you have been enjoying the many recipes we have been sharing with you for the Lenten season. Just two more weeks to go and we hope that you are also trying out some of the varieties available from our sponsor, Rainforest Seafoods... Read More...