This article may contain affiliate links that Yahoo and/or the publisher may receive a commission from if you buy a product or service through those links. Rice and peas, a beloved staple of Jamaican ...

'The Poor Chef' Charles Mattocks joins Al in the kitchen in the second installment of TODAY's Melting Pot. Together they whip up Al's mother's own recipe for sweet potato poon, and flavor-packed ...

This side dish goes well with a main course of jerk chicken, jerk pork, jerk vegetables or even jerk pasta. Place rice, coconut milk and water in a small saucepan and bring to a simmer. Cover with a ...

Every Jamaican household, rich or poor, serves rice and red peas, the nutritionally complete one-pot meal. It's the backbone of the island's cuisine, food writer Lucinda Scala Quinn says. She also ...

Rice and peas, a beloved staple of Jamaican cuisine, combines fluffy rice with tender red kidney beans cooked in creamy coconut milk and seasoned with aromatic herbs like thyme, pimento seed, ...

Rice and peas is so foundational in Jamaican cooking that it has been called the nation's "coat of arms." Missing Kentucky ...