Decadent grilled cheese
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Most people are a bit put off by food trucks. I understand why - the notion of your food being made on a moving vehicle and not a stove that's bolted to the ground is a bit strange. Maybe because I grew up in LA, where going to taco trucks was the norm, and where food trucks have been trendy for a long time. Whatever the reason, I'm envious of everyone who works downtown with tons of restaurants and food trucks to choose from on a daily basis (although my wallet is probably better off).
So as you can imagine, I'd heard plenty about Roxy's Grilled Cheese truck. As an avid Twitter user ( follow me! ) I knew that like many food trucks, they posted their whereabouts via their tweets. I guess in my naivety, I just assumed they stayed in the downtown area during lunch hours, and that I was out of luck.
So a few weeks ago when my roommate told me she was headed to Cleveland Circle for grilled cheese, I immediately perked up from my comfy spot on the couch. Apparently, the truck regularly makes evening stops right near my apartment and I had no idea.
Source: Boston Globe (blog)
Chef Jodian Blake is tops at Best of Jamaica
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Chef Jodian Blake took top honours in the amateur chef cook-off at the annual Best of Jamaica extravaganza on the weekend at Breezes Runaway Bay Resort in St Ann.
The competition for junior chefs saw contestants getting an hour to prepare a dish from pre-selected ingredients, chosen by the organisers. They had no idea what they were going to prepare until they got the ingredients.
Blake prepared a combo of jerked chicken with seared pork and lightly floured fried fish, sweet and Irish potato mashed with sautéed vegetables, served with red wine reduction.
She won a two-burner gas stove courtesy of sponsors Industrial Gases Limited (IGL) and a weekend at Hedonism II in Negril.
Blake finished ahead of Shaneica Case. Ariana Moore and Dwayne Halls also competed.
Case's 'Best of the Taste' was jerked pork with chicken rolls and fish, mashed sweet potato and plantain with yam. Case also took home a two-burner stove from IGL.
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner