It's my turn to cook, so I'm making soup joumou. All of the main ingredients in today's soup are from the farm. Kale, carrots, ... So, you can substitute it with any other type of pumpkin or squash.

Soup Joumou (Photo credit: Eddy “Precise” Lamarre) The date Jan. 1, 1804, should live in the mind of every Black person around the world. It is important because on that day Haiti declared its ...

Soup joumou is a pumpkin-based soup typically eaten to mark Haitian Independence Day, when Haiti gained its independence from French colonial rule, which happens to be January 1.

For generations, Haitians have been serving up soup joumou, or pumpkin soup, on Jan. 1 to celebrate their freedom. The soup consists of a squash or pumpkin base, pasta, meat, vegetables and a ...

Soup joumou is Haitian history in a bowl. The hearty beef, squash and root vegetable stew’s very nature is tied to Haitian independence, which happens to fall on New Year’s Day.

On January 1,1804, Haiti became the Western Hemisphere’s first Black republic — the result of a 13-year revolution during which enslaved Haitians fought against and overthrew their French rulers.

The Haitian New Year's Day tradition of soup joumou or pumpkin soup is said to date back to January 1, 1804, the day Haitian slave and revolutionary leader Jean-Jacques Dessalines declared Haiti ...

Soup joumou means something to all Haitians, in some fashion. Even amidst July 4 fireworks and celebrations of freedom, my thoughts traveled easily to Haiti’s independence, ...

Growing up as a Haitian American, January 1 has always been more than just the start of the new year for me. As a child, waking up on New Year’s Day, I practically floated through the air to the ...

Ending a year of crises, one Haitian soup with over 200 years of history will welcome 2022 with new recognition — but it already held deeper meaning.

A famed Haitian soup has been awarded "protected cultural heritage status" by UNESCO. Scott Simon talks to Dominique Dupuy, Haitian ambassador to UNESCO about joumou.