the Haitian dialect, the dish draws its name from the small djon-djon black mushrooms that are native to the island. Djon-djon rice is very popular in Haiti, and remains nostalgically so among ...

For many Haitian Americans, nothing beats a wild mushroom called djon-djon for a regular Sunday dinner staple, black mushroom rice. By Christina Morales For much of the year in Haiti, rain seeps ...

The mushrooms turn the rice a dark brown or black — thus the Haitian Creole name diri djondjon, or black mushroom rice, that some call the dish. Some people also add blue crabs, shrimp or lobster.

Indeed, a disproportionate number of the country’s dishes involve 20-step recipes, hours of work ... a heavy scoop of diri djon djon, Haitian black rice, which owes its color and much of ...

Sos pwa nwa is a stewy Haitian black bean sauce that combines beans ... Sos pwa nwa is most often eaten with white rice or mayi moulen, a thick and creamy cornmeal-based dish.

She talked him through recipes for Haitian specialties like griyo ... who come by for traditional dishes like djon djon, black rice that gets its color from a mushroom puree, and soup joumou ...

The "Top Chef" star shares recipes for pikliz ... and fish dishes. Rice and beans are a universal language, and Gourdet's expression of the Haitian rendition is saucy, smooth, pungent, and ...

Among the smattering of islands in the Caribbean, Haitian culture stands alone and ... with a side of black rice and sweet plantains. (LM) I have a weakness for some great fall-off-the-bone ...