Haiti’s Hidden Treasures - Trezò Kache PeyidAyiti – Les Trésors Cachés d’Haïti: Education Ebooks

By Kevin Levin and Perla Belle

'Haiti’s Hidden Treasures - Trezò Kache PeyidAyiti – Les Trésors Cachés d’Haïti" is an ebook about Haiti's vibrant history, culture, culinary fusion, and resilience. In this ebook, you will find the untold stories of the ordinary Haitian men and women who are the pillars - Potomitan - of the country. From the Madan Saras (street vendors) to the junk market merchants (Pacotille sellers) to the farmers, teachers, authors, writers, storytellers, chefs, doctors and parents who never stop building and rebuilding the country, you will be able to learn the most important language of the country.Kreyòl is the language spoken by all Haitians while French remains the official language spoken by a minority of Haitians.Delve in this ebook to familiarize with this amazing Caribbean country.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Charles Danielo Laferrière
• Release date: Jul 4, 2017
• ISBN: 9781386405733

Kevin Levin

Kevin Levin is the author of many books and ebooks published on his blog, amazon.com, and elsewhere.  He is a very prolific writer who uses several languages to tell his stories and bring his characters to life.  He likes talking to his readers.  He writes as he lives.  While writing, he pretends he is talking to his readers.  It's like he is having a conversation with a group of friends.

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Haiti’s Hidden Treasures - Trezò Kache PeyidAyiti – Les Trésors Cachés d’Haïti

Here comes the sunset / Men solèy la k’ap kouche

Authors and photographers:  Kevin Levin and Perla Belle

Illustrator and Reviewer:  Kevin Levin and CD Laferrière

Beach Stroll (Pwomenad sou plaj).  Loraj pa gwonde sou Ayiti Jodi a – The thunder does not rumble on Haiti today.

Vyann Pwason ak Sòs (Fish with sauce); Lam Veritab (breadfruit); Zonyon (Onion)

Bannann peze (Fried green plantains)

Griyo ak Taso (Grilled porks and goats)

Mango (Mango) Mangue

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Haitian Meals (Plat Manje Ayisyen)

Ayisyen prepare manje yo avèk anpil swen.  Yo gen anpil zepis ak legim ki sèvi baz ak gou tout manje yo apresye lakay yo, nan kafe, ak restoran Ayisyen.  Se konsa manje yo gen yon ti zepiz ki yon ti jan pike.  Aprè yo fin sizonnen yo, yo pa kwit yo byen vit, sou gro flanm dife.  Kelkeswa se yon pla komen yo manje chak jou oswa yon pla moun andeyò prepare, yo tout gen rasin nan tradisyon kwizin Tayino endyen, Afriken, Fransè ak panyòl.

Haitian dishes are concocted with care and include various spices and herbs that serve as basis into flavoring all the dishes appreciated at homes, Haitian restaurants, and hotels. So, the foods are moderately spicy and are slowly cooked after being seasoned and well marinated. Whether they are common dishes mingled with rural plates, they are all rooted in the culinary traditions of the French, Spanish, Taino-Indians, and Africans.

Haitian Creole Dishes include a variety of staples such as rice and beans topped with chicken, meat, or fish stews alongside with boiled plantains or other root vegetables. Apart from these are the Haitian salads cooked or raw. Fried foods are also Haiti’s popular delights, which consist of deep fried meat, poultry, fish, and some root vegetables. Other kinds of foods are the authentic Haitian porridge made with corn meal or grated plantain, and the delicious and traditional sweet potato bread (pain patate).

Pla manje Ayisyen gen yon bann pwodwi tankou diri ak pwa.  Sou tèt yo, ou ka mete vyann poul, lòt kalite vyann tankou vyann bèf, vyann kabrit, pwason, vyann pentad ak vyann kochon. Nou ka jewn salad kri tankou pikliz oswa salad bouyi tou. Ladan manje sa yo, nou ka jwenn bouyon vyann ki gen bannann bouyi ak lòt legim sou kote yo.  A kote de sa, nou ka jwenn salad Ayisyen ki fèt avèk kreson.  Fritay se manje populè Ayiti.  Se tankou vyann fri, poulè fri, pwason fri ak bon jan legim ak rasin.  Lòt kalite manje se labouyi otantik Ayisyen ki fèt ak mayi moulen oswa bannann grage / rape.  An plis de sa, nou ka jwenn bon jan pen patat tradisyonèl.   

There are also the famous and natural Haitian beverages lemonade, grapefruit, orange, watermelon, grenadine, custard apple (cachiman) and soursop (corossol). Desserts are plentiful and extensively prepared with coconuts. One of the most popular drinks recalls the famous and appetizing cream of liquor Cremas.

Gen yon lis bon jan bwason natirèl Ayisyen ki trè populè.  Se ji limonad, ji chadèk, ji zoranj, ji melon dlo, ji grenadin, Ji cachiman, ji kowosòl.  Se koupe dwèt!  Yo prepare desè ak kokoye.  Yonn nan bwason Ayisyen ki pi popilè se yon krèm ki bay bon apeti. Li rele Kremas. 

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De jenn gason ki te elve nan zòn Nazon ak Petyonvil chita nan yon restoran ki Bedford Stuyvesant, Nouyòk.  Y’ap koze sou fwi, legim ak pla Ayisyen yo vle prepare.  Se menm pla ki bon pou tout palèt Nouyòkè, moun Miyami, Boston, Filadèlfya, ak tout lòt kote nou ka jwen Ayisyen oswa moun ki renmen manje byen.

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