St. Kitts Local Cuisine

An Island Nurtured By Nature

Soursop and breadfruit, both bright green, are found across the island in abundance and abundant forms—cooked, juiced, and fresh off the tree. Banana leaves cover whole valleys and give shady spots under which to gather when the day is done. A mango picked ripe from the tree tastes different—sweeter.

In St. Kitts, the land is both sweet and generous, plump with fresh vegetables, healing herbs, gardens of grains and wildflowers, and fruiting trees with roots that reach deep into the soil. Ginger, turmeric, cinnamon, and clove grow plenty. Seaside, a fisherman brings in the day’s delicacies: lobster, wahoo, mahi mahi.

Every dish is a show of love—an offering from farmers and fishermen, chefs, cooks, and generations of Kittitians willing to put their hands to the plow, to care for the land like it cares for them.