What’s Up with Goat Peppers? A Quest for the Truth in the Bahamas

Bahamas: What’s Up with Goat Peppers?

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 By Patrick Holian Recipes: K.B.’s Goat Pepper Sauce K.B.’s Bird Pepper Rub Bahamian Conch Salad Doug’s Blackened Conch Goat Pepper Fried Chicken Goat Pepper Coconut Chicken   Story and Photos by Patrick Holian Illustration by Harald Zoschke Editor’s Note: Patrick’s story conjured up quite a memory for me, because the first chile pepper dish I ever ate was not in …

Map: Bonaire

Bonaire: In Pursuit of Pika

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By Patrick Holian    As I arrived at the Flamingo Airport on the southern Caribbean island of Bonaire, I received some bad news. I discovered that I had just missed Karnaval–a seven-day event of colorful parades, excessive libations, and full-tilt boogieing. While the island has only 15,000 residents, a local informed me that pound for pound, this celebration could compete …

Rinds ‘n Rims in Curaçao - Title photo: Willemstad

Rinds ‘n Rims in Curaçao

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Recipes: Curaçao Special Muzik di Zumbi Keshi Yena (Stuffed Cheese) Iguana Stew Stoba di Cabrito Pork Chop Sauté a la Curaçao   Willemstad, the colorful Dutch-style capital city of the Caribbean’s Netherland Antilles. Citrus peels. Cheese rinds. Tire rims. It sounds like a garbage pile, but it’s actually the components of delicious food and drink. On the Netherlands Antilles’ island …

Tasty Travel: Germany, Austria & Switzerland in One Day

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By Harald Zoschke Spring 2005. OK, a Bavarian was voted the new Pope. But rather than driving to Rome and receive our blessings, my wife Renateand I preferred to invite the “Pope of Peppers” and bring him to Bavaria, complete with  “Popesse” Mary Jane. After picking up ourfriends at the Franz Joseph Strauss Airport, we brought them to Munich right …

Peperoni di Senise, Tasty Treasure from Italy

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Story and Photos by Harald Zoschke We already reported in detail about Calabria, the secret European Chiliheadquarters. Just north of Calabria, in the Basilicata region, we discovered another tasty treasure: “Peperoni di Senise”.   Just like “Champagne” sparkling wine or  “Roquefort” cheese, this special kind of pepper enjoys origin protection issued by the European Union, so the rest of the …