Jerk, Roots, and Yam Festival

Leroy Sibbles, Frankie Paul, Judy Mowatt, the Mighty Sparrow, Alkebulan, and Kenyatta perform during the Jerk, Roots, and Yam Festival at noon Sunday, August 22, at Hialeah Park, East 4th Avenue and East 22nd Street, Hialeah. Tickets range from $5 to $30. Call 954-438-7467.

By PATRICIA MESCHINO

August 19, 2004

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Dating back to the island's Maroon warriors in the seventeenth century, Jamaica's most distinctive cooking style, jerk, is a method of seasoning meats (usually chicken or pork) with a mixture of spices and hot peppers, then grilling them over a wood fire and under a cover of wooden strips. The Jerk, Roots, and Yam festival offers "jerking" demonstrations, a showcase of sauces and spices, and everything you wanted to know about yams but didn't know who to ask! Enhancing the savory dishes will be equally well-seasoned performances from reggae veterans Leroy Sibbles (founder of the Heptones), Frankie Paul (a.k.a. Jamaica's Stevie Wonder), and gospel/reggae queen Judy Mowatt, with legendary Calypsonian the Mighty Sparrow adding a pinch of Trinidadian flavor to the delectable mix.

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