I’ll never forget how my grandmother swept into our home whenever sniffles or aches overwhelmed my siblings or me. She arrived with her metal tiffin in hand, one layer packed with fluffy rice, another ...
Jones Pierre had typically celebrated Haitian Independence Day with his wife at their home eating soup joumou, a meal enslaved Africans in Haiti were forbidden from eating, to honor the day ...
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WWLP)- Thursday, Haitians around the world celebrate Independence Day, honoring the moment Haiti gained its freedom from France on Jan. 1, 1804. The local Haitian community in ...
A small group of Haitian Canadians celebrated the island nation's Independence Day at a B.C. church on Thursday by serving soup that symbolizes freedom. It has been 222 years since Haiti celebrated ...
HARRISBURG, Pa. — New Year’s Day in Central Pennsylvania is about ringing in a new year, and digging in to both food and long-standing traditions that bring people together. In much of Pennsylvania, ...
More than comfort food, this soup carries my grandmother’s care, Haitian tradition, and the flavors she used to help us through hard days.