Jamaican Black Cake -- Christmas all year round
I'd passed the little strip shopping center where Central Avenue meets Albemarle Road hundreds of times before I noticed the small sign "Island Grocery." Walking in, I immediately felt transported to Jamaica.
Close-packed shelves overflow with Caribbean delicacies - ginger beer and other soft drinks, canned vegetables, coconut milk, hot sauces including the delightfully named Pickapeppa. Freezers hold ox tail, plantain snacks, guava jelly and dozens of ingredients for Caribbean cooking. I'm not much of a cook myself, but the possibilities sent me home to look up Caribbean recipes on the internet.
