Jamaican Cooking Classes and Other Caribbean Culinary Adventures

Do you love Jamaican cooking? Jerk chicken or pork, tropical fruit drinks (with rum!), spicy meats and fresh seafood - you can learn more about these dishes in culinary classes and tasting tours throughout the Caribbean.

Jamaica

- Small classes hands-on lessons in local flavors and cooking techniques are part of the week-long Jamaican and Caribbean Cookery Course at Hotel Mockingbird Hill in Port Antonio.

Each day includes instruction in Caribbean foods and techniques, plus trips to a local market and coffee plantation, and activities like swimming and rafting. Accommodations are included in the package prices.

- Walkerswood Caribbean Foods (makers of Jamaican spices) hosts a tasting and market tour that teaches you the basics of Jamaican cooking and ingredients. You'll learn how jerk foods are made, and how local plants are used for healing. You'll also get a brief history lesson of the island.

Antigua

- You can learn to cook with local rum or curries, fresh seafood and chocolate, at Nicole's Table . How does grilled shrimp with a rum glaze sound? Or curried chicken with pumpkin and chickpeas? Followed by a guava tart with rum creme!

- Or how about a week-long culinary tour with hands-on classes, market tours, an island cruise, rum distillery tour, duty-free shopping and a steel drum music night? This vacation (including luxurious accommodations) is available from Caribbean Culinary Tours . They have a very similar trip to Barbados, too.

Anguilla

- Have you heard of CuisinArt? No, not the food processor - CuisinArt Resort Spa is a luxury resort in Anguilla. And, as befitting its name, they offer both hands-on and demonstration culinary classes.

The resort prides itself on its organic ingredients, grown right on the property. They also have the only hydroponic (water) farm on a Caribbean resort (you'll get a tour in the demonstration class).

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