On the 4th, we had Chef Norman Van Aken's jerk chicken salad with mango, avocado, onion, and a mustard, buttermilk, sour cream vinaigrette. A friend had given us some mangoes off his tree even though Dogboa tried to get out of it, as he doesn't normally like them and I am allergic. They were a different kind of mango though, yellow-skinned, yellow-fleshed, and a different flavor, incredibly sweet, buttery, creamy. Dogboa actually liked them and I was actually able to eat them after a very, very cautious test. I hope we can get more because we both really liked this dish.
Last night, we had New World vichyssoise using boniato instead of potato, with a horseradish kick. This was from Chef Allen Susser. It was very good as well.
Both of the above chefs are/were noted for using Latin/Caribbean ingredients.