With it’s fresh flavorful phenomenal food culture & cuisine — not to mention a long legacy of uniquely amazing music, ancestral and living legends, Jamaica is one of the most culturally & culinarily influential islands in the Caribbean and the African Diaspora, beloved the world over for so many reasons including that One-Love philosophy …

▪️Happy Independence Day Jamaica❣️🇯🇲 …62 years and counting (August 6, 1962) in celebration of and with gratitude for the people and heritage that created one of the most fabulous food & drink cultures in the world... (ironically and in spite of having been previously colonized and controlled by the British! 😆)

▪️ Raising a glass — or two (of “proper” rum punch!) today and whenever possible! 🍹🍹 ▪️ + sharing my recent & retro food (& drink ;) pics via a mini vid featuring scenes from there and right here in Park Slope Brooklyn…

Special shout-outs: chef Melissa Thompson author of “Motherland: A Jamaican Cookbook” …chef/shopowner @sogoodtv of @goodwinenyc, @ReggaeRoti, @stellas_caribbean, @bk9restaurant, @negrilbk..)