First things first: Decide if you need unripe or ripe plantains. If you want them to be sticky and caramelized when cooked—like maduros, which are sweet, ripe plantains fried in oil—you’ll need to buy ...

This recipe originally appeared in the November 2018 issue. For our November 2018 “Feast Around the World” feature, we asked five of the state’s top chefs to create festive meals to serve this season.

Plantain porridge is a classic Nigerian dish that warms the soul and brings a smile to any face. It’s perfect for a cosy night in or a hearty family dinner. This dish combines the sweet, rich flavours ...

Swap out your typical gluten-free corn tortillas and make these alternative wraps to take your tacos to the next level. All you need is this tropical fruit.

A let’s-get-a-few-friends-together soiree begs for party snacks with a few surprise ingredients -- bite-size turnovers that have personality and that go down perfectly with either a glass of crisp, ...

When Hernan Cortes first landed in Mexico in 1519, he brought with him an African slave he’d bought in Cuba. Thousands more would follow in the coming centuries, forever changing the face, the rhythms ...

A bubbling pot of chicken stew with potatoes is a hearty, comforting thing. But substitute sweet plantains for the tubers, and suddenly your dinner leaps from familiar and predictable to unexpected ...

If your local supermarket is anything like mine, there’s a huge display of bananas. And right next to it, there’s a much smaller shelf devoted to plantains. It’s very easy to be in the fruit mind-set, ...

It’s 2022, and banana bread is so lockdown 2020. But platanos upside down cake? That will never get old. As someone who always keeps yellow platanos, or plantains, handy on my kitchen counter or in my ...