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17 Feb The Best Bites of San Pedro’s DFC

Posted at 12:12h in Ambergris Caye, Belize, Belize, DFC San Pedro by ChefJohn 0 Comments
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After seeking out the best eats of DFC, the working-class neighborhood of San Pedro, Belize, I believe I’ve been humbled thanks to a young lady from Honduras and the green bananas she cooked for us. Recently we joined culinary forces with Rebecca Coutant, the force behind...

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09 Feb Mayan Chocolate and Cotton Trees

Posted at 16:32h in Belize, Toledo, Belize, Travel Belize by ChefJohn 1 Comment
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Juan offers me the cacao pod. About the size of a Nerf football, its color is deep orangish yellow with a few tiny dark brown spots and it’s textured, with deep ridges running horizontally. It’s also light, the whole thing weighs less than a pound....

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31 Jan Mangroves and Howlers

Posted at 23:06h in Belize, Placencia, Belize, Travel Belize by ChefJohn 4 Comments
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Raymond is slapping his four-foot-long machete on the Cohune Palm then he barks to the tribe of Howler Monkeys racing across the treetops. His command was a husky “AhhRoof!” that he repeated six or seven times over. Imagine our surprise when one of the young...

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25 Jan The Hummingbird Highway to Placencia

Posted at 07:51h in Belize, Belize Adventure, Placencia, Belize, Travel Belize by ChefJohn 0 Comments
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Hello Google. How do I say “Which way to the beach in Mayan?” There’s four highways in Belize. No kidding. Four major highways crisscross this country of nine thousand square miles. The Philip Goldson, Western (George Price), Southern, and the Hummingbird Highway. If your destination is...

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19 Jan The Jaguars and Speed Bumps of Belize

Posted at 22:50h in Belize, Belize Zoo, Visit Belize by ChefJohn 2 Comments
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The big cat quietly scrunched up its body, coiling its muscles as a competitive swimmer would on the starting blocks. Her mass was being converted to momentum, she was kinetic energy, clutching claws, and sharp teeth wrapped in a priceless fur coat. At that moment...

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10 Jan Parrots & Horchata in the DFC

Posted at 18:19h in Ambergris Caye, Belize, Belize Adventure, Visit Belize by ChefJohn 0 Comments
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On our first morning here back in November we were excited by bird call from a host of tropical flyers. Squeaking Kiskadees, trilling hummingbirds, clucking kingfishers, warbling warblers, jabbering Grackles, boo hooing White Wing Doves, oddly quiet mockingbirds and the most provocative were the parrots....

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02 Jan Salt Water and Sea Turtles

Posted at 16:25h in Ambergris Caye, Belize, Belize, Visit Belize by ChefJohn 8 Comments
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A soft pull or a gentle tug. That’s how to get your snorkeling partner’s attention. Something more dramatic could mean a spinning propeller is bearing down on you. This was a hard yank. I turn to Amy on my left and she's pointing down...

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28 Dec Christmas ‘cakes

Posted at 21:50h in Ambergris Caye, Belize, Belize, Visit Belize by ChefJohn 5 Comments
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Christmas to us, as a married couple, has always meant a big church service, our kids dressing up in new clothes bought just for the occasion, a fine meal and the company of friends and family. Although the years I spent working for hotels or...

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18 Dec Christian

Posted at 16:21h in Ambergris Caye, Ambergris Caye, Belize, Belize, Uncategorized by ChefJohn 2 Comments
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“I was nine years old and the air tank on my back was as tall as I was. I remember how beautiful the water was that day and it was just me and my uncle on his boat, out by the reef. He adjusted my...

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13 Dec The Best Chocolate in The World

Posted at 10:11h in Ambergris Caye, Belize, Belize, Pinot Noir, Travel by ChefJohn 5 Comments
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In my hands is a basalt stone, about the size of a small running shoe. I’m rubbing  roasted cocoa nibs on a metate, (mah tah tay), a curved tablet of rough-hewn stone, and watching the cocoa bean components melt into that familiar texture of warm,...

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Recent Posts
  • Chocolate Cake with a Belizean Twist February 22, 2021
  • On the Passing of Chef Curtis Wolf February 20, 2021
  • The Best Bites of San Pedro’s DFC February 17, 2021
  • Mayan Chocolate and Cotton Trees February 9, 2021
  • Mangroves and Howlers January 31, 2021

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