Eating establishments that offer the cuisine of the Caribbean Islands including the Bahamas, Barbados, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Haiti, Jamaica, Martinique, the Netherlands Antilles (Aruba, Bonaire and Curacao), Puerto Rico, St. Martin/St. Maarten, Tobago, Trinidad and the Virgin Islands which blends original indigenous tastes with Spanish, French, Chinese and East Indian flavors introduced by people who arrived later. Caribbean cooking features crab and other seafood, rice, black beans, tomatoes, plantains, chili peppers, coconut, avocados and a wide variety of tropical fruits and vegetables including okra, papaya and mango. Specialties include a variety of West Indian curries, keshy yena (a dish made with meat, vegetables, olives, raisins, mushrooms and red wine in an Edam cheese), stoba (a goat or lamb stew with cucumbers, celery, peppers, olives, capers, cumin, ginger, garlic and lime), Caribe pot roast (beef with chili, cinnamon, nutmeg, cocoa, orange peel, onions and tomato sauce), peanut butter soup, fruit and vegetable fritters, fish cakes and pepper pot stews. Beverages often feature tropical fruits and rum.
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