THE TASTE OF JAZZ - Serve up some good ole shrimp - New Orleans style
NOWHERE DOES the sound of jazz and blues sizzle more tantalisingly than where it all began in New Orleans, Louisiana. As the soothing rhythm floats through the air it mingled with the mouth-watering aroma of creole and Cajun.

Star service
FILM STARS and musicians are notorious for making unusual and sometimes extreme requests when they check into hotels. Those performing at this year's jazz festival will be no exception.

IN YOUR KITCHEN... with Lorna Gooden
THE CULINARY skills of Ms. Lorna G. Gooden, the assistant vice-president for group finance at Supreme Ventures Limited, have come a long way since she first attempted to prepare fried chicken at age 13.

IN YOUR KITCHEN...with Tara Nunes
CORPORATE JAMAICA'S business executives do find time to do a little something in the kitchen. Among them are Tara Nunes, assistant vice-president for sales and distribution at of Pan Caribbean Merchant Bank and Lorna Gooden...

Cool runnings at Blue Runnings
DO YOURSELF a favour and halt that car at Island Village, Ocho Rios. Within this enclave whose Caribbean architecture comes straight from Jamaica's Anne Hodges screaming tropical, island, colour is Blue Runnings