Ayesha Curry’s Jubilant Holiday Feast

Going home for the holidays can mean a lot of things. There’s the physical return: Literally going to the place you once called home, sleeping in your childhood bed, and sitting around the dinner table with your loved ones. And then there’s the emotional homecoming, which cookbook author, entrepreneur, and founder of Sweet July magazine Ayesha Curry has captured in this jubilant holiday menu. Via the following five recipes, she revisits the flavors of her childhood—Jamaican dishes like a prime rib roast (inspired by slow-cooked oxtail), coconut rice with pigeon peas, and a tropical fruit salad—capturing the impressions they’ve left on her years down the line. Her menu for the holidays threads nostalgia for the past with festivity in the present, creating a meal fit for the celebration at hand—and worthy of being celebrated in its own right.