Boston JerkFest

WBZ's Jordan Rich talks with Matt Robinson of matts-meals.com about the 12th annual Boston JerkFest, a Caribbean-style food festival. 

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:03):
Hello, this is Jordan Rich with Connoisseur's Corner. Great to
be with you, and joining me is Matt Robinson of
Matt's Meals m at tsdash meals dot com one terrific
foody website. Now you've got news about the Boston Jerkfest
No Jokes on seven, eleven and twelve coming up, and
it's actually an international festival that people will love.

Speaker 2 (00:21):
This is I believe they are twelfth annual events.

Speaker 3 (00:23):
It's July eleventh and twelfth at Harvard Stadium, which recently
hosted Boston Calling.

Speaker 2 (00:28):
It's a great venue.

Speaker 3 (00:29):
It's a great celebration of our Caribbean neighbors and their
culture and mostly their food.

Speaker 2 (00:34):
They're going to have Hartley's Jamaican.

Speaker 3 (00:36):
Restaurant, Merle's Kitchen, Reggae foods, the Boin Sauce, the Bone Sauce,
all sorts of.

Speaker 2 (00:41):
Great food and hot sauce vendors.

Speaker 3 (00:43):
They're also going to have on Friday night an adults
only rum tasting which should be amazing, and also great
music and entertainment including reggae stars like Third World and
Junior Toots tribute to the legendary Toots and the May
Tolls and on Friday Night, they're going to have Soca
Queen Alison Hines and hot DJ tunes.

Speaker 2 (01:02):
So great music.

Speaker 3 (01:03):
Saturday is much more family friendly, I guess, but whether
you're into hot and spicy, you're just looking for a
fun thing to do.

Speaker 2 (01:10):
July eleventh and twelve.

Speaker 3 (01:12):
Proceeds are going to go to Sustainable Food and Culture
and World Farmers, So it's a great event for a
great cause as usual, like we like to talk about here,
Boston Jerkfest dot com.

Speaker 2 (01:21):
Check it out and I will definitely see you there.

Speaker 1 (01:24):
Alrighty, thank you, Matt. Matt Robinson joining me here on
Connoisseur's Corner WZ Boston's news radio