Joe Post

Joe Post is the founder and editor of Belize News Post. He grew up in Corozal Town, Belize, on the Caribbean sea with a view across Corozal Bay to Cerro Maya. He has lived in Costa Rica, Kenya, England, Spain, and the United States. He grew up cooking alongside his mother and grandmother, and has personally tested the vast majority of the recipes on this site. He started BNP in the early 2000s as one of the few independent Belizean news sources online. Over the years, the food became the stickiest thing. News comes and goes. Food stays.

A long oval loaf of white bread with a seam running the length of the crust
Pan Cubano Recipe BreadCuba

Pan Cubano Recipe

Lard is what separates this loaf from a baguette. A starter made the day before, a long oval loaf, steam in the oven, and the seam down the top that three Cuban bakers cut with a blade for want of a palm leaf.
Joe Post
September 3, 2026