The idea of starting a huge party at 5 am sounded insane to me. But sunrise parties aren’t uncommon in the Caribbean, especially at the Barbados Food & Rum Festival. When we entered the expansive ...

As the Caribbean’s biggest celebration of food, the annual Food and Rum Festival could only happen in one place: Barbados, the culinary capital of the West Indies. A time to ‘lime’ — the Barbadian ...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados — Rum is believed by many to be the world's oldest distilled alcoholic beverage. The first commercial variation of this drink is said to have occurred in this easternmost of the ...

Last month, I had the pleasure of visiting Barbados to attend the 10th annual Food & Rum Festival, “The Story of Rum … from then to now,” mixing rum with great Bajan cuisine, thanks to Barbados ...

If Barbados had a scent, I’m pretty sure it would smell like sunshine with a generous pour of rum: luxuriously warm, velvety smooth and underscored by a Bajan grace note that keeps visitors dancing ...