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Glady's is a popular Caribbean restaurant in Crown Heights that serves up delicious and authentic Caribbean food and cocktails. Some of their more popular dishes are the Goat Curry, Oxtail Stew and Jerk Chicken, all Caribbean favorites. In this video from Munchies, watch as the not-so-secret secret behind their incredible jerk chicken is revealed.

Welcome to Open Fire, where we explore the various ways different cultures cook over live fire, as our host Cara Nicoletti, a fourth-generation butcher, learns the craft, practice, and philosophy of each dish. In this episode, Cara meets with chef Junior Felix from Glady’s in Brooklyn to learn how to cook his famous jerk chicken. This chicken is marinated for 24 hours before it’s grilled over oak and pimento wood and finished off in a smoker, resulting in a dish that’s truly the flavor of fire.

The Plaza: The Secret Life of America's Most Famous Hotel is an interesting new book from author and award-winning New York Times journalist Julie Satow that takes a deep dive into the history of the Plaza Hotel on 59th Street and 5th Avenue in Manhattan.

From the moment in 1907 when New York millionaire Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt strode through the Plaza Hotel's revolving doors to become its first guest, to the afternoon in 2007 when a mysterious Russian oligarch paid a record price for the hotel's largest penthouse, the eighteen-story white marble edifice at the corner of Fifth Avenue and 59th Street has radiated wealth and luxury.

A hardcover copy of The Plaza: The Secret Life of America's Most Famous Hotel is available for just $17 on Amazon.