Exploring the history, culture, and traditions behind the dishes we love. Heritage Food Stories brings you global recipes, culinary stories, and food facts that celebrate the flavors and people who shaped them. <br/><br/><a href="https://heritagefoodstories.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast">heritagefoodstories.substack.com</a>
Heritage Food Stories Podcast
Claim This Podcastby Chef Mireille
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Exploring the history, culture, and traditions behind the dishes we love. Heritage Food Stories brings you global recipes, culinary stories, and food facts that celebrate the flavors and people who shaped them. <br/><br/><a href="https://heritagefoodstories.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast">heritagefoodstories.substack.com</a>
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July 10, 2026
Stories of Resistance in the British Caribbean
<p><strong>Welcome to Heritage Food Stories - Season 2 - Episode 7 - Stories of Resistance in the British Caribbean</strong></p><p><strong>I’m your host, Chef Mireille - culinary historian, food educator and cultural storyteller with a lifelong passion for exploring global cuisines, and the stories behind the food we eat. I preserve history, connect cultures and inspire curiosity through food. Every dish tells a story and it is my privilege to tell it.</strong></p><p></p><p>Long before Parliament voted to abolish slavery in 1833, enslaved Africans across the British Caribbean had already been fighting for their freedom — in the mountains, on the plantations, and in the kitchen. This episode traces the uprisings history books often leave out: Queen Nanny and the Maroons who forced the British Empire to negotiate a peace treaty in Jamaica, Tacky's 1760 rebellion that shook the colony to its core, Prince Klaas's daring conspiracy in Antigua, Fédon's Rebellion in Grenada, Bussa's uprising in Barbados, the Demerara Rebellion in Guyana, and Samuel Sharpe's Baptist War — the final, largest revolt before abolition. We close by connecting this history of resistance to the food it produced: how ackee, coo coo, callaloo, jerk, and rice and peas all carry the same story of survival, adaptation, and quiet defiance that shaped the Caribbean we know today.</p><p>Recipe Links:</p><p>Cou Cou - <a target="_blank" href="https://globalkitchentravels.com/bajan-coo-coo/">https://globalkitchentravels.com/bajan-coo-coo/</a></p><p>Saltfish - <a target="_blank" href="https://globalkitchentravels.com/saltfish-ground-provision/">https://globalkitchentravels.com/saltfish-ground-provision/</a></p><p>Rice and Peas - <a target="_blank" href="https://globalkitchentravels.com/rice-cooker-caribbean-rice-peas/">https://globalkitchentravels.com/rice-cooker-caribbean-rice-peas/</a></p><p>Callaloo - <a target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/@chefmireille/video/7601215679936826655?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pc&web_id=7594972479589959181">https://www.tiktok.com/@chefmireille/video/7601215679936826655?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pc&web_id=7594972479589959181</a></p><p>🌐 <strong>Recipes & Blog:</strong> <a target="_blank" href="http://globalkitchentravels.com">globalkitchentravels.com</a></p><p> 📬 <strong>Substack:</strong> Heritage Food Stories — <a target="_blank" href="https://heritagefoodstories.substack.com/">Subscribe here</a></p><p>📱 <strong>Instagram:</strong> <a target="_blank" href="https://www.instagram.com/chefmireille">@ChefMireille</a></p><p>🎵 <strong>TikTok:</strong> <a target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/@chefmireille">@ChefMireille</a> </p><p> </p><p>Enjoying Heritage Food Stories? Leave a review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify — it helps more people find these stories. Share this episode with someone who loves food, history, or both.</p><p></p><p>Chef Mireille Roc is a chef, food historian, and culinary storyteller whose work explores the intersection of food, history, and culture. Her work demonstrates that every dish tells a story—one of migration, resilience, identity, and cultural exchange. Whether teaching a cooking class, writing an article or publishing a recipe, or delivering a lecture, she uses food as a lens to preserve history, connect cultures, and inspire curiosity.</p> <br/><br/>Get full access to Heritage Food Stories at <a href="https://heritagefoodstories.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4">heritagefoodstories.substack.com/subscribe</a>
June 25, 2026
Suriname’s Broken Chains: The Story of Emancipation
<p>Welcome to Heritage Food Stories Season 2 Episode 8 - Suriname’s Broken Chains: The Story of EmancipationHeritage Food Stories Podcast explores the intersectionality of food and history.In this episode, we take a deep dive into the History of the Maroon's of Suriname: the best example of preserved African heritage and cultural survival in the Americas.Topics covered include:* Brief History of Suriname* Slavery and the establishment of Maroons in the Interior* The Maroon Wars* How Isolation Protected the Maroons* Dictators and the Interior War* The Lasting Legacy of the Maroons* Keti Koti: Broken Chains* Afro Surinamese RecipesRecipes:Peanut Soup - <a target="_blank" href="https://globalkitchentravels.com/holiday-recipes-with-blogging-marathon/">https://globalkitchentravels.com/holiday-recipes-with-blogging-marathon/</a>Bruine Bonen - <a target="_blank" href="https://globalkitchentravels.com/bruine-bonen/">https://globalkitchentravels.com/bruine-bonen/</a>Heri HeriMoksi Alesi - <a target="_blank" href="https://globalkitchentravels.com/one-pot-chicken-and-rice/">https://globalkitchentravels.com/one-pot-chicken-and-rice/</a>Chef Mireille is a classically trained chef specializing in global food history, cultural migration, travel and international recipes. Find over 1,000 recipes from around the world at <a target="_blank" href="http://globalkitchentravels.com">globalkitchentravels.com</a>🌐 Recipes & Blog: <a target="_blank" href="https://globalkitchentravels.com/recipe-index/">https://globalkitchentravels.com/recipe-index/</a> 📬 Substack: Heritage Food Stories — Subscribe here: <a target="_blank" href="https://heritagefoodstories.substack.com/">https://heritagefoodstories.substack.com/</a>📱 Instagram: @ChefMireille 🎵 TikTok: @ChefMireille</p> <br/><br/>Get full access to Heritage Food Stories at <a href="https://heritagefoodstories.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4">heritagefoodstories.substack.com/subscribe</a>
June 3, 2026
The African Soul of Carnival: Beyond the Party
<p>Heritage Food Stories Season 2 Episode 7 | The African Roots of Caribbean Carnival: Beyond the PartyMost people think Caribbean Carnival is about rum and costumes. It's actually a 200-year-old act of resistance rooted in African spiritual tradition — and almost nobody is telling that story. In this episode, Chef Mireille traces the true history of Caribbean Carnival from the enslaved people's yard parties of 1783 Trinidad all the way to Junkanoo in the Bahamas, Kanaval in Haiti, Spice Mas in Grenada, and beyond.What does Jab Jab really mean? Who is the Moko Jumbie? Why did formerly enslaved people burn the cane fields — and what does that have to do with calypso music? You'll learn all of that, plus the street foods you need to eat at every Caribbean Carnival.History starts now. Food starts at [15:10].Chef Mireille is a classically trained chef specializing in global food history, cultural migration, travel and international recipes. Find over 1,000 recipes from around the world at <a target="_blank" href="https://globalkitchentravels.com">https://globalkitchentravels.com</a></p><p>Recipes:</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://globalkitchentravels.com/fish-cakes/">Fish Cakes</a></p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://globalkitchentravels.com/blood-orange-vanilla-beignets/">French Caribbean Beignet</a></p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://globalkitchentravels.com/haitian-beignet-recipe/">Haitian Banana Benyen</a> </p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://globalkitchentravels.com/breadfruit-puffsupdated/">Breadfruit Puffs</a></p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://globalkitchentravels.com/fried-breadfruit-fritters/">Lam Veritab</a></p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://globalkitchentravels.com/corn-stuffed-christophene/">Stuffed Christophene</a></p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://globalkitchentravels.com/pastechi-tuna-pie/">Pastechi Tuna</a></p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://globalkitchentravels.com/pastechi-aruba-style-empanada/">Meat Pastechi</a></p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://globalkitchentravels.com/haitian-pate/">Haitian Pate</a></p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://globalkitchentravels.com/breadfruit-run-down/">Oil Down</a></p><p> </p><p>🌐 <strong>Recipes & Blog:</strong> <a target="_blank" href="http://globalkitchentravels.com">globalkitchentravels.com</a></p><p>📬 <strong>Substack:</strong> Heritage Food Stories — <a target="_blank" href="https://heritagefoodstories.substack.com/">Subscribe here</a></p><p>📱 <strong>Instagram:</strong> <a target="_blank" href="https://www.instagram.com/chefmireille">@ChefMireille</a></p><p>🎵 <strong>TikTok:</strong> <a target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/@chefmireille">@ChefMireille</a> @HeritageFoodStories</p><p>Enjoying Heritage Food Stories? Leave a review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify — it helps more people find these stories. Share this episode with someone who loves food, history, or both.</p> <br/><br/>Get full access to Heritage Food Stories at <a href="https://heritagefoodstories.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4">heritagefoodstories.substack.com/subscribe</a>
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