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.

Fresh tomatillos, the green base of the sauce for Guatemalan jocón
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Jocón

Short answer: Jocón is one of Guatemala's four great Maya recados: chicken simmered in a bright green sauce of tomatillos, scallions, cilantro, epazote, and green chiles, with body from toasted pumpkin and sesame seeds ground fine and a little torn tortilla. The name comes from the K'iche' word jok'om, meaning mashed or ground — a direct reference to that seed-grinding step at the heart of the technique. It is a dish of the western highlands, declared national Intangible Cultural Heritage of Guatemala in 2007, and it is the stew that…
Joe Post
August 4, 2026
Hudut, the Garifuna dish of pounded green plantain served with coconut fish stew
Garifuna Food: Traditional Dishes of the Garifuna People BelizeEditorialGarifuna

Garifuna Food: Traditional Dishes of the Garifuna People

The traditional food of the Garifuna people is built on three ingredients: plantain, coconut, and cassava. The fish, the spices, the technique all come after those three. Hudut is the dish most people name first, and they are right to. Mashed plantains pounded in a wooden mortar, served alongside fish simmered in fresh coconut milk. You eat it with your hands. That is Garifuna food in its clearest form. The Garifuna are an Afro-Indigenous people descended from Carib, Arawak, and West African ancestors who were exiled from the island of…
Joe Post
August 4, 2026
Freshly baked Belizean hot cross buns with icing on a red tray, raisins visible in the golden dough
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Easter in Belize

Belizeans embrace the Easter holiday with a blend of devotion and celebration. Discover the rich cultural and religious customs, including hot cross buns, panades, and fried fish, that make Easter in Belize truly special.
Joe Post
September 11, 2026
Belizean Creamed Callaloo Soup Recipe
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Callaloo

Our Belizean Creamed Callaloo Soup recipe is a blend of nutritious callaloo leaves and cream, this soup is a comforting, heartwarming dish.
Joe Post
August 4, 2026