A recipe for success: Uncle Bob Verity's rice 'n' peas

What could be more fitting than to kick off this blog by recycling a post I wrote a few years ago about my favourite dish rice ‘n’ peas. Given the season, indeed, I should mention that no Jamaican Christmas would be complete without a vast pot of this staple weighing down the family lunch table. I’ll start with a little personal history, but scroll down in the full article if you’re keen to get straight to my Grandfather’s recipe for rice ‘n’ peas.