Francesca Tavares | Cheers to ‘Miss Chin’

Politics

August 10, 2026

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My favourite Jamaican food will always be made by a ‘Miss Chin’.

Every Jamaican knows what I mean: the catering shop, the glass case, the alchemy no hotel buffet and no ring-lit food blogger has ever replicated.

Miss Chin has been feeding Jamaica for generations. She is, in every way, Jamaican. And if that sentence gives anyone pause, this column is for you.

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