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Amid crisis, Haitians find solace in an unlikely place: soup

Clients eat soup joumou at a restaurant in the Delmas district of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Sunday, Feb. 5, 2023. Soup joumou, also known as “independence soup,” is traditionally eaten on Sunday mornings, and on Haitian Independence Day in early January. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph)

Rose Felicien 62, known as Tiwoz prepare ingredients to make soup joumou, at a restaurant in the Delmas district of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Sunday, Feb. 5, 2023. Made of pumpkin, beef, carrots, cabbage, ingredients produced on the island, soup joumou is a cultural staple in Haiti. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph)

A client eats bowl of traditional soup joumou at a restaurant in the Delmas district of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Sunday, Feb. 5, 2023. Haitians claimed soup joumou as their own in 1804 when they staged one of the biggest and most successful slave rebellions in the Western Hemisphere, and the dish gained the nickname “independence soup.” (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph)

Rose Felicien, 62, mashes baked pumpkin while preparing traditional soup joumou, in the Delmas district of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Sunday, Feb. 5, 2023. Made of pumpkin, beef, carrots, cabbage, ingredients produced on the island, soup joumou is a cultural staple in Haiti. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph)

Mireille Lerebours serves traditional soup joumou at a restaurant in the Delmas district of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Sunday, Feb. 5, 2023. In 2021, the same year the country spiraled into chaos following the assassination of its president, the soup was added to UNESCO's Intangible Cultural Heritage List, the first cuisine Haiti has on the list. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph)

Amid crisis, Haitians find solace in an unlikely place: soup