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FOOD + FLAVORS

Food is Life!

Jamaican flavours tell stories of memory, culture and connection.

Ingredients, recipes, traditions and the people and places behind the food we enjoy.

From the familiar to the unexpected, we explore how Jamaican flavour travels, evolves and keeps finding its way onto the world's table.

ONE BAGGA TINGS [FEATURED CONTENT]

After one too many disappointing plates of expensive oxtail outta road, I went back to the version I trust: the one I make at home. This slow cooker oxtail uses a simple dry rub, Guinness, Scotch bonnet, thyme, butter beans and spinners, with no pressure cooker, no browning and no unnecessary fuss. Ten hours later, the meat is falling off the bone, the gravy is abundant, and the oxtail still tastes like oxtail—which, really, is the whole point.

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SIIM Cyah-Fail Slow Cooker Oxtail

A Jamaican slow cooker oxtail recipe with Guinness, Scotch bonnet, butter beans and spinners—no pressure cooker, no browning, and plenty of gravy.

10 min read

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