Soup joumou is a slightly sweet, incredibly savory squash soup that originated in Haiti. The soup is built on a base of ...

Some Haitian chefs and home cooks prefer to keep the soup vegetarian whereas others, like my mom, use both beef and chicken. “A lot of us think that soup joumou is this very one specific thing ...

Margo Gabriel, author of “The Expat Kitchen Cookbook,” swith Tamika Francis, the founder of “Food and Folklore" series at ...

Haitians and Black Americans engage in historically-rooted New Year's traditions that honor past struggles and manifest hope ...

Eat soup joumou to celebrate Haitian Independence Day Jan. 1 In Haiti, New Year's Day also happens to be Haitian Independence Day, a day of great pride for the nation's people and the Haitian ...

From making resolutions and eating black eyed peas, to hanging onions outside and eating grapes, people all across the world are preparing their personal rituals to ring in the New Year at ...