Credit: Tequila Minsky

By Tequila Minsky.

As a reporter for a New York City newspaper that covers the Caribbean community at home and abroad… I’ve never experienced a Haitian dish quite as beloved as soup joumou, a savory pumpkin soup.

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Soup Joumou is a traditional thick and hearty Haitian soup made of pumpkin, beef, and rice. The dish represents Haitian defiance of the French colonial powers, who had declared that slaves could not eat soup. Eating this soup on New Year’s Day is a tradition past on from generation to generation to celebrate Haitian Independence Day every first of January. On this day, families across Haiti sit down to have a bowl of this soup.

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Merry Christmas to the entire HaitiXchange family. 

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It’s official. Kanaval 2013 will be held in the northern city of Cap-Haitien. President Martelly has mandated that the national carnival be held in a different department every year with last year’s being held for the first time in the southern city of Les Cayes.

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