Brigid Washington

Whether your produce is peak-season or just so-so, this smart recipe will make it shine.

With a no-frills ingredient list and a cook time that comes in under an hour, this spiced coconut lentil soup is simple and unfailingly forgiving.

Here’s a super forgiving slow-roast salmon that’s spicy, sweet, and fragrant thanks to punchy sambal oelek chili paste and zippy limes.

This quick and easy green beans recipe gives you a side dish with an exuberant crunch—and no ice bath required.

A quick and easy version of the darling dark green leaf of long braises: collard greens.

This one-pot wonder is Trinidad and Tobago’s unofficial national dish and a vibrant reflection of some of the Caribbean’s finest flavors: bright herbs, spicy-sweet aromatics, and rich coconut milk. 

When sweet potato pie sheds its crust and takes a trip to the tropics, you end up with this delightfully spiced sweet potato pone. 

Low and slow is more than just grillmaster jargon; it’s also an invaluable currency when it comes to grilling truly tender pork spareribs.

The underlying notes of vanilla and nutmeg—found in Coca-Cola—are layered with piquant aromatics and tangy tomato ketchup to produce a barbecue sauce that's remarkably dynamic. 

This barbecue sauce recipe combines bright ginger and sharp Dijon mustard.

A spring dinner that takes 15 minutes to prepare! Throw together the asparagus, arugula, and avocado salad in the 10 minutes it takes the fish to roast.

An equally simple and stellar dish, callaloo has variations across the Caribbean and its diaspora. This version from Brigid Washington subs collards and spinach for harder to find taro leaves.

This shepherd’s pie uses ground chicken and leans toward warming flavors, incorporating bright bursts of the tropics—ginger, habanero chile, lime—as well as aromatic Angostura bitters.

Herbaceous, aromatic, fresh, and—maybe most importantly—simple, this Trini-inspired recipe from Brigid Washington is just the cure for those January blues.

Don’t be surprised if this creamy, coconutty vegan gratin outperforms some of the heavier traditional Thanksgiving sides.