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BY KATIE MCELVEEN
lime juice and hot peppers, simmered until the liquid reduces
into sauce. It's served for breakfast, lunch and dinner with grits.
In the Bahamas, sides can make the meal; look for pigeon
peas and rice cooked in that spicy tomato mixture; cole slaw;
banana-like plantains, which are sliced on the diagonal and
sautéed in butter until caramelized and dense macaroni and
cheese that's served in wedges. Compact and sweet, johnnycake
is a cross between a bread and a cake that comes with breakfast.
The best-loved dessert in the Bahamas is a steamed cake
called a duff. Closely related to English figgy pudding,
Bahamian duff is usually filled with sweet guava paste and
liberally doused with creamy rum sauce.
TRU BAHAMIAN FOODS
WHERE TO FIND IT
Home to Nassau, New Providence Island
is the country's most populated, and
it offers the widest variety of
Bahamian cuisine.
RESTAURANTS
Three generations of women own and run Bahamian
Cookin', which has been serving up local specialties from a casual
and friendly downtown Nassau location since 1986. At the
other end of the spectrum is Graycliff, an 18th-century mansion
that's been transformed into a boutique hotel and the island's
most elegant restaurant. It's a chance to taste what happens to
Bahamian flavors in the hands of a classically-trained chef.
FISH FRIES
Arawak Cay and Potters Cay are the locations of Nassau's two
best-known "fish fries", the ubiquitous groupings of seafood
stalls and shacks that, at night, often transform into impromptu
street festivals complete with music and dancing. Here, it's all
about grazing: You might pop into one for a cold Kalik, the
local beer, another for a plate brimming with
too-hot-to-touch conch fritters and a third for
a bowl of boiled fish. In Arawak Cay, which is
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Contents
Departures
Because Someday
The "I"s Have It
Trip Notes
Tasting the Bahamas
Navigator
Agent Spotlight
Europe’s Majestic Rhine
Your Story
Alaska by Land and Sea
Four Parks, Four Ways
Beers and Blossoms
Cities We Love
Postcards
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AAA Traveler - Winter 2018 - Contents
AAA Traveler - Winter 2018 - Departures
AAA Traveler - Winter 2018 - Because Someday
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AAA Traveler - Winter 2018 - 6
AAA Traveler - Winter 2018 - 7
AAA Traveler - Winter 2018 - The "I"s Have It
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AAA Traveler - Winter 2018 - 10
AAA Traveler - Winter 2018 - 11
AAA Traveler - Winter 2018 - 12
AAA Traveler - Winter 2018 - Trip Notes
AAA Traveler - Winter 2018 - Tasting the Bahamas
AAA Traveler - Winter 2018 - 15
AAA Traveler - Winter 2018 - 16
AAA Traveler - Winter 2018 - Navigator
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AAA Traveler - Winter 2018 - Agent Spotlight
AAA Traveler - Winter 2018 - Europe’s Majestic Rhine
AAA Traveler - Winter 2018 - 19
AAA Traveler - Winter 2018 - Your Story
AAA Traveler - Winter 2018 - 21
AAA Traveler - Winter 2018 - Alaska by Land and Sea
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AAA Traveler - Winter 2018 - 24
AAA Traveler - Winter 2018 - 25
AAA Traveler - Winter 2018 - Four Parks, Four Ways
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AAA Traveler - Winter 2018 - Beers and Blossoms
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AAA Traveler - Winter 2018 - 30
AAA Traveler - Winter 2018 - 31
AAA Traveler - Winter 2018 - Cities We Love
AAA Traveler - Winter 2018 - Postcards
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