Transport to Jamaica with velvety stews, peppery seafood, and a rum-soaked cake. Earthy aromatics, grassy herbs, and punchy spices make this street-food staple an icon of Jamaican cuisine.

"Jamaica is written about in different ways in different places, and rarely by the same people," reflects 2019 F&W Best New Chef Kwame Onwuachi in his own Jamaican travelogue. "Travel stories wax ...