Food Archives - Page 8 of 10

Tempted to Taste: LargeUp Exclusive Look at Miss Lily’s

Words by Eddie STATS Houghton and Jason "J-Rockaz" Orford As we mentioned in our recent Limonious post, we have been haunting Miss Lily's quite a bit lately. If you're not hip to it yet, that's downtown ... Read More...

LargeUp TV: At Home in St. Elizabeth with Noddy Virtue

Words, photos and video by Martei Korley I first met Noddy Virtue in Vineyard Town at Mikey Bennett's Grafton Studio, but had heard of him long before on various compilations and Alborosie productions… ... Read More...

Boom App: Absolut Mixer x Malibu Rum

Words by Jason "J-Rockaz" Orford The folks at Malibu Have done it again. Not satisfied with their quirky "Get Your Island On" ad campaign or the dancing flash mob they organized or linking LARGE UP frien... Read More...

Stocking Stuffer: Rum n’ Raisin Candy Bar Bliss

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Grind Mode: Marley Coffee x DeScribe

Words by Eddie STATS Houghton In the past few months we have blogged about the emergence of Marley Organic Coffee and the distinctive mix of Rasta and Hasidic Jewish culture that gives Crown Heights (hel... Read More...

I’m Okay: Red Bull x Jamaica

Words by Eddie STATS Houghton, via Seen Just read Seen quoting the Jamaica Observer quoting Red Bull spokesmon William Mahfood about the new $25 million (JA, I'm assuming) studio-and-loft complex that the ... Read More...

Tis The Season: Caribbean Cold and Flu Fixes

Words by J-Rockaz Cold season is upon us and it is high time for some Caribbean holistic remedies for the common cold. If you thought that stuff was all mystical hocus pocus--you were almost right. I mea... Read More...

Don Dada: Remembering Chutney Godfather Sundar Popo

Words by Rishi Bonneville Ten blocks of brightly-painted shops along Liberty Avenue, strung between the last stop on the A-train and the Van Wyck Expressway in Queens, are the vertebrae that together for... Read More...

Just For Fun: Trevor Off-Key’s Dancehall Parodies

Words by Martei Korley In the often gritty, serious AND cartoonish dancehall world, Trevor Off-Key takes a somewhat different approach--no less cartoonish, though. Seemingly honing an ambition to become ... Read More...

Nightlife Stulla: Mavado’s New Venture

Words by Eddie STATS Houghton, Photos via KingstonStyle Dancehall star Mavado stepped into a new role as nightlife mogul this week, launching the new weekly bashment Stulla Wednesdays at New Quad with sp... Read More...

A culinary renaissance: JuicyChef remixes the classics for a modern palate…

Words by Martei Korley Juicy! The most succulent of adjectives (think juicy stories, Juici Beef, Juicy Fruit from Wrigley’s or perhaps Mtume) has been added to the title “Chef” recently. And that seems ... Read More...

Only in Brooklyn: Kosher Jerk Chicken

Words by Eddie STATS Houghton, via The Daily News The particular mix of Rastas and Hassidic Jews that defines the cultural mix of the Crown Heights section of Brooklyn is well-known to longtime New Yorke... Read More...