This is how I learned to make Groundnut Soup as a Peace Corps volunteer in Ghana from a Ghanaian woman who would become my best friend: Make a chicken stock including a LOT of fresh ginger, scotch bonnet, anise seed, onion and...

, perfectly cooked and a little crispy. On top: on half is what looks a bit like brown stew chicken from a Trini place (my partner, who is in fact Trini, makes this beautifully), the other half is unmistakably goat and is not...

I’ve been to Tropicana. It’s carryout only—I like the Kountry Chicken (though overall, I prefer Rita’s). Another Georgia Ave gem is Brown's Bakery across the street from Rita’s. There’s also at...

Carvel Brown Bonnets with chocolate ice cream are my downfall. These were only available in Carvel Soft Serve Ice Cream stores—mostly on the East coast. Years ago, these were made fresh so the chocolate shell had to set for...

unsalted butter 5 cloves garlic, thinly sliced 1/2 Scotch Bonnet chili, stemmed, seeded and minced 1 medium red onion, diced 2 red bell peppers, stemed, seeded and diced 2 stalks celery, diced 1 cup diced fennel 1 bay leaf, broken in...

up of a very good, balanced and not too bony goat-and-potato curry in a pleasingly chewy and flavorful layered shell. The owner will ask if you want “pepper” on it, and that means a homemade gray-brown scotch-bonnet...

Half a Scotch bonnet chili pepper or chili pepper of your choice, finely chopped ½ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper ¼ teaspoon ground cumin All-purpose flour Vegetable oil 1. Mash about two-thirds of the beans to a paste in a...

Vinegar 1/2 cup Orange Juice Juice of 1 lime 1 Scotch Bonnet Pepper, minced 1 cup onion, minced 3 scallions, minced 1 Tomato chopped Mix together and marinade chicken up to 24 hours. Remove chicken, save marinade. Grill chicken. Put...

the corned beef and the bacon and mix it in, brown. I liked it.

oxtails are awesome and have a intense beefy flavor (sorta in the same family as shortribs). i usually braise mine with onions garlic and some broth and red wine. brown them first and use a bayleaf and a clove. braise them in the...

://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJfuVl0BBlA As far as the brine goes, I like some sweet (honey, molasses, brown sugar, agave nectar, whatever) and some hot (cayenne, fresh bird chiles, scotch bonnets, you get the picture) in the mix...

Best part of Yum Cha Cafe is the brown sugar rice cakes. So damn addictive. My prior post: http://www.chowhound.com/topics/354555

herby limoncello. The next night we had roasted chicken with an incredible thin, brown sauce – extremely delicious - served with some tiny pan-roasted potatoes and the best sauteed spinach I have ever tasted – due in...

brined them (water, salt, garlic, fresh rosemary) and made my own BBQ sauce (ketchup, onion, scotch bonnets, garlic, thyme, lemon juice, brown sugar, cumin, smoked paprika). I threw them on the grill and slathered them with sauce...

(about ½ cup) 2 tablespoons chopped fresh cilantro 2 teaspoons fine sea or kosher salt Half a Scotch bonnet chili pepper or chili pepper of your choice, finely chopped ½ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper ¼ teaspoon ground...