Recipes

Umu Pork Belly

Pork · Samoa 4 hrs · Intermediate · Serves 6-8 The umu is Samoa's oven and it sits above ground, not in a pit — that's the first thing people...

Paniolo Smoked Oxtail

Beef · Hawaii 6 hrs · Intermediate · Serves 6 Hawaii oxtail soup is a plantation-era Chinese-Hawaiian dish and it's beloved for a reason: a clear ginger broth built on...

Guava-Glazed Wings

Poultry 40 min · Easy · Serves 4 Kuawa — strawberry guava and common yellow guava — runs feral through the islands, and guava concentrate has been a pantry staple...

Li Hing Grilled Mango

Dessert · Hawaii 15 min · Easy · Serves 4 Li hing mui is salted dried plum — Chinese in origin, brought over by plantation laborers in the 1800s and...

BBQ Chicken with Finadene

Poultry · Guam 45 min · Easy · Serves 4-6 CHamoru barbecue chicken is Guam's everyday cookout: split birds over half-drum grills at fiestas, roadside fundraisers, and the Wednesday night...

Smoked Lengua Tacos

Beef · Mexico 6 hrs · Intermediate · Serves 6-8 Lengua is taquería standard across Mexico, and in the north — Sonora, Coahuila, Nuevo León — it's cooked in mesquite...