Roxanne Scott's Page

You're welcome, Roxanne!

If you have time when you come to NY, give me a shout. I'll come to Brooklyn and see you.

Marcia

Thanks, Roxanne!

How are you doing? Family there yet?

Congratulations, Roxanne, I've nominated you for a blog award!

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Yup, a good site. Love looking at the food but I get hungry and homesick.

Re the restaurant: I found this on jamaicans.com 'cause I couldn't remember what city it's in. (The ambassador, Wayne McCook, is someone i know. Saw him just before he left.)

Check this out -- a flash mob in Union Square. Jamaica in My Head --

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SBbakBmefes&feature=youtube_gdata_player

First Jamaican restaurant in China

i did hear of a Jamaican who opened a restaurant in Beijing, I think. It's probably not the same person tho. 

Here's a link to the Jamaican Eats site - http://www.jamaicaneats.com/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Njk7l91I7L0

Reminds me of when I lived in Ottawa in the 70s -- there was really not much Jamaican food anywhere. I used to live by stuff my mom sent to me. What I miss is breadfruit, especially ripe roast breadfruit and some good ackee and saltfish - yummy!!!!!

Your grandpa's fritters sound delicious! Hope your mom can bring you some when she visits -- or at least bring you some salt fish and make some. 

Chat soon,

Marcia

It was an eye opener, Roxanne, even for me.

I can't wait, things are coming together...speaking of Jamaica. Do you know about the magazine, Jamaican Eats? Each time I get it, I think we've exhausted everything there is to know about Jamaican food, but then she comes up with another topic. As you know, food is such a big part of our lives!

Say, what kinds of foods do you miss?

Marcia

Honestly, Roxanne, if I had to choose a travel itinerary, it'd be very difficult. There isn't a place I don't want to see!

But one of the things I recognize is that we don't know Jamaica. Every time I go back -- at least annually -- I try to see one place I didn't know before. When we were in high school, for graduation our teacher organized a one-day trip around Jamaica. I've never forgotten that experience. But there are a number of little things right in our backyards that we take for granted. Hence the idea to document it.

You should get the PBS special Henry Gates did on blacks in Cuba, Mexico, Peru, Brazil. Eye opening! Ask your folks to bring you a copy.

I'd love to return to Cuba and spend a month there! Or maybe just spend a month in the Caribbean, Haiti, the DR, Carriacou, Tobago, all more or less off the beaten path. There's a lot of world to explore!!

So right now, I'm packing up, trying to get a subtenant and hoping to be out of here by next month or latest August. I've been wanting to leave since March!

Getting ready to ditch NYC,

Marcia