The Caribbean island’s cuisine combines African, Indigenous and Spanish influences to create dishes of distinction.

First things first: Decide if you need unripe or ripe plantains. If you want them to be sticky and caramelized when cooked—like maduros, which are sweet, ripe plantains fried in oil—you’ll ...

These fried plantain chips are a delightful and addictive snack originating in Latin America and the Caribbean. Made from ...

Plantains are a starchy tropical fruit that look like bananas but are bigger. They're green when unripe but turn yellow, then dark, as they ripen. They're a mainstay in African, Caribbean ...

Contrary to the common notion that patients with diabetes only eat unripe plantain, endocrinologists have advised those battling with the degenerative disease not to jettison carbohydrates in ...

Had enough green plantains yet? Come on, we can never get enough of green plantains. They are versatile and so good. And they are good for you too. Whether you call these fritters, cakes ...

However, they differ in how they look. Plantains have a thicker skin that is usually green when unripe and yellow or black when ripe. Bananas, on the other hand, have a thinner skin that is yellow ...

Janet Obasi, a 38-year-old single mother and foodstuff dealer, had been suffering from stomach pain caused by what she believed to be an ulcer. A stomach ulcer, also known as a gastric ulcer, is a bre ...