Ending a year of crises, one Haitian soup with over 200 years of history will welcome 2022 with new recognition — but it already held deeper meaning. News Today's news ...

About this recipe . Soup joumou is a beef, vegetable, and squash Haitian stew commonly eaten on January 1 to signify the anniversary of freedom from French Colonial rule in 1804.

There is no shortage of food traditions to ring in the new year. There are black-eyed peas and popping 12 grapes with every chime of the clock.

The Haitian New Year's Day tradition of soup joumou or pumpkin soup is said to date back to January 1, 1804, the day Haitian slave and revolutionary leader Jean-Jacques Dessalines declared Haiti ...

When Haitian independence was realized on January 1, 1804, Haitians across the country began a new tradition: every year on New Year’s Day, Haitian Independence Day, they will eat the soup.

Soup joumou is a Haitian squash-based soup enjoyed on New Year's Day. Chefs Stephan Berrouet Durand, Ron Duprat and Soul Fire Farm's Leah Penniman share recipes.

In 2015, she began an annual Haitian Independence Day tradition of bringing the soup to Prospect Park in Brooklyn to serve the homeless, and anyone else who wanted to eat.

The soup, however, is enjoyed all month long. Soup joumou is so important to Haitian cuisine that in 2021 it was added to UNESCO's list of the intangible cultural heritage of humanity, Haiti’s first ...

Haitian bouyon is somewhere between a soup and a stew. Often made with beef, in our house it’s only ever made with chicken. The meat is simmered with herbs and aromatics, similar to the method ...

A famed Haitian soup has been awarded "protected cultural heritage status" by UNESCO. Scott Simon talks to Dominique Dupuy, Haitian ambassador to UNESCO about joumou.

The bright, beloved yellow dish was once exclusively reserved to slave owners, but Haitian people took ownership of the soup upon gaining independence from France in 1804. Haitian families across ...