This Jamaican Moved to Mexico and Opens a Successful “Home” Restaurant

Theresa Barrett moved to Mexico to become a teacher in 2013. Because she missed the cuisine of her native Jamaica, she began cooking her favorite dishes to enjoy a taste of home. Now as the owner of the “home” restaurant La Xaymaca, she remembers first sharing her dishes with her co-workers and how, after tasting […]

My Fellow Jamaicans “How Yuh Get Suh Fat” & These Other Comments Are Not Appropriate Greetings

A very important thing to note when interacting with Jamaicans is how blunt or outspoken they are. If you have interacted with a Jamaican, or if you, yourself, are Jamaican then you know that these fellow country (wo)men speak it as they see it. They don’t generally “beat around the bush”. Some people may see […]