# Food Decides Travel Destinations

> Grenada’s home kitchens now attract American travelers seeking authentic food experiences.
- Title: Food Decides Travel Destinations · Seattletimes | Shortify
- Summary: Grenada’s home kitchens now attract American travelers seeking authentic food experiences. American travelers increasingly choose destinations based on food…
- Keywords: food, travel, grenada, home kitchens, american travelers, coconut milk, oil down, news, local, Decides, Destinations, Seattletimes
- Source: Seattletimes — https://seattletimes.com/life/food-drink/food-increasingly-decides-where-americans-travel-and-in-grenada-that-means-a-diplomats-home-kitchen
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- Topics: food, travel, grenada, home kitchens, american travelers, coconut milk, oil down, news, local
## Chef Kennedy’s kitchen
Chef Kennedy teaches travelers to make Grenada’s national dish from scratch in his home kitchen.
## Food travel trend
66% of food travelers say food matters more to them now than five years ago, with 8.2 out of 10 importance.
## Oil down recipe
Oil down is a single pot dish made with fresh coconut milk, herbs, breadfruit, dumplings, taro leaves and garden ingredients.
## Diplomat turned chef
Chef Kennedy worked as a diplomat in Cuba before teaching public health for 23 years.
## Home kitchen meals
Travelers help cook oil down and enjoy a rum punch mixed to a rhyming ratio: one sour, two sweet, three strong, four weak.

> one of sour, two of sweet, three of strong, four of weak
## Grenada tourism growth
Grenada saw 11,299 arrivals during Spicemas festival, a 20% jump from the previous year.
## Home kitchens for travelers
Grenada’s tourism board routes hotel guests to home kitchens, but finding enough kitchens is the challenge.
## Key takeaway

American travelers increasingly choose destinations based on food, with Grenada’s home kitchens offering a unique dining experience for visitors.