Plantains are a tropical, starchy, semi-sweet, and sometimes savory fruit related to bananas. Commonly cooked in butter or oil to develop a caramelized crust and a richer flavor, fried plantains taste ...

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Plantains, fried and topped with cinnamon, are served from roving street carts in Mexico and supply locals with a sugar hit.

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 ...

When out walking in Kaneshie, the town in Ghana where my grandmother lives, in the hot dusk of the evening among the clatter and chaos of life, amid the sound of tro-tro (share taxi) drivers shouting ...

Recipe developer, writer and ButcherBox's chef-in-residence Ashley Lonsdale is stopping by the TODAY kitchen to make two of her favorite Caribbean-inspired recipes. She shows us how to make tender ...