My mother would simmer up poulet en sos, braised chicken in sauce; fry up bunnan peze, or crispy fried plantain; and steam diri blanc, fluffy white rice (always ... to others of Haitian descent ...

Traditionally, it's served with white rice and "sos pwa" (pepper sauce). Haitian food is very rich, flavorful; it's bold, fresh and in your face. It is the heart of what we represent because food ...

Haitian vegetable stew with beef ... And as for rice, there’s a choice of three: buttery seasoned white rice (diri blan); black rice (diri ak djon djon) stained a purple-black by the water ...

The mushrooms turn the rice a dark brown or black — thus the Haitian Creole name diri djondjon, or black mushroom rice, that some call the dish. Some people also add blue crabs, shrimp or lobster.