As a child, waking up on New Year’s Day, I practically floated through the air to the aromas of soup joumou, or Haitian pumpkin soup, resting in one of the decorative bowls my mother reserved ...

For Haitians, there is one dish above all others that represents liberation: soup joumou. It's the official dish of Haiti's Independence Day which is celebrated on January 1. The soup, however, is ...

Soup joumou is a slightly sweet, incredibly savory squash soup that originated in Haiti. The soup is built on a base of either calabaza squash, butternut squash, or pumpkin; filled with root ...

Process scallions, parsley, bell peppers, onion, thyme, oil, and garlic in a food processor or high-speed blender until smooth and well combined, about 1 minute, stopping to scrape down sides of ...

Food trucks including Ms. Didi’s Caribbean Kitchen and Chateau Creole, along with Charlotte’s only brick and mortar Haitian restaurant, Lakou, will be serving up soup joumou, a squash soup ...

Haitian bouyon is somewhere between a soup and a stew. Often made with beef, in our house it’s only ever made with chicken. The meat is simmered with herbs and aromatics, similar to the method ...

This month it’s a robust chicken soup from cookbook author Lesley Enston. In 2018, when our daughter was born, her father, Atibon, longed for Haiti. He’d been separated from his home country ...