Caribbean

Butterflies, Breadfruit & Bougainvilleas May, 2011

“I have the hard part, because I have to grow all the things she uses in the kitchen,” says Harvey Stephenson, referring to his wife Betty and their Grand Cayman Island agri-tourism enterprise, The Retreat at Lookout. “This keeps me healthy.”

You’d be healthy, too, if you grew all your own food—breadfruit, melons, lemons and limes, plantains, pumpkin, scallions, eggplant, passionfruit, coconuts, sugar cane—just an example of some of the farm-grown delights appearing on the menu at this hidden 20-acre retreat near Bodden Town, on the east side of Grand Cayman Island.

Pink Sand and a Tasteworthy Adventure January, 2010

Lets face it, food makes or breaks a holiday. It’s generally the first (OK, maybe the second) question about your vacation. When you win with food in an unfamiliar place, it can suddenly become the highlight of the entire trip. Even as a food-industry person I’ve had my share of wins and losses while travelling, but on my very last day on Harbour Island, I won!

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