I figured I would take this opportunity to talk about an issue that’s been itching to be typed: How to be a good party guest. Communion season is probably the biggest party season in the Haitian community. Many

Tipping…A reader wrote me last month asking my advice on tipping at restaurants. I thought that would make a great topic for this week’s article because there are so many different schools of thought on the subject.

In a recent online discussion, a young lady posted something along the lines of: how disgusting certain Haitian foods were. She went on to ask the message board members to list some Haitian foods that they did not like. Ordinarily, I probably would have taken the post very lightly and added my own list of

I am very much an eating out type as I am a cook, probably more so the former than the latter. My friends and family wonder why I eat out so much, since I know how to cook. I try to give them the intellectual and smart answer: I want to explore different cuisines in order to challenge my palate and familiarize my