Depending on how and when you cook them, they can taste sweet or savory. A lot of times, plantains are cooked in sugar or in ...

As a basic rule of thumb, you can expect your green plantains to turn yellow within a week and for yellow plantains to turn black in another week, at which point it's as ripe as it's going to get ...

If you want them savory and starchy (like tostones, which are twice-fried green plantains), go with an unripe plantain. Here’s how to spot the difference between unripe and ripe plantains.

The green plantains are cut in a specific way to make tostones. Ideally, the flesh of the plantain is not cut when removing the skin. (Esther Kennedy/Contributed) ...

Plantains are a starchy tropical fruit that look like bananas but are bigger. They're green when unripe but turn yellow, then dark, as they ripen. They're a mainstay in African, Caribbean, and ...

The Caribbean island’s cuisine combines African, Indigenous and Spanish influences to create dishes of distinction.

Versatile recipes for starchy plantains and unripe green bananas.