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Food / Guyana

The Pot That Keeps Time: Pepperpot at the Guyanese Christmas Table

Cassareep, an Amerindian invention pressed from bitter cassava, is the one ingredient that makes pepperpot pepperpot — and the pot is never finished, only begun.

2026-05-18 / 5 min read

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