As a child, waking up on New Year’s Day, I practically floated through the air to the aromas of soup joumou, or Haitian pumpkin soup, resting in one of the decorative bowls my mother reserved ...

On New Year’s Day, I along with others from different backgrounds, was invited to the home of my friend Nadege Green, a young Haitian-American ... bowl of steaming pumpkin soup, thick with ...

During this period, they were not allowed to eat the pumpkin soup they prepared for their oppressors. It is said that in the genesis of the Haitian Republic, Haitains reclaimed soup joumou for ...

What does "soup joumou" mean in Creole? "Soup joumou," from Haitian Creole, translates in English to "pumpkin soup" or "squash soup." Hearty, orange-fleshed calabaza squash, native to the ...

The soup is built on a base of either calabaza squash, butternut squash, or pumpkin; filled with root ... and herbs found in most Haitian dishes; and topped with some form of carb.

“Everyone eats soup joumou on the first,” says private chef and nutritionist Vicky Colas about the Haitian custom to start the year with this specialty pumpkin and meat soup. “I was born and ...

Soup joumou is so important to Haitian cuisine that in 2021 it was added to ... But first and foremost the soup would include squash, a nice pumpkin, or very vibrant orange squash has to be the base ...

Gathering on New Year’s Day for ‘soup Joumou,’ a traditional Haitian pumpkin soup, is a great way to meet people from different cultures and break down barriers, writes Bea Hines.

a young Haitian-American woman, for soup Joumou. This is a gathering where people (friends as well as strangers) are invited to get acquainted and/or re-.acquainted over a bowl of steaming pumpkin ...