Krista Van Wagner, the bootlegger’s granddaughter who brought jerk home to Lackawanna

Four Bites Show S1E9 guest offers spicy stories from her transition from Curly’s chef and sauce entrepreneur to educator What first led me to Krista Van Wagner, in 2009, was the appearance of Scotch-bonnet-pepper-dependent cuisine in Lackawanna. When Jamaican-style jerk chicken, humming with chile heat, smoked, and allspice, surfaces in a city not particularly known […]

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