Festival de Gastronomia Caribena Cahuita

Cahuita's Caribbean cuisine, rondon stew, coconut-milk fish, mondongo soup and ackee with salt cod among its documented traditional dishes, descends from the Jamaican-influenced cooking that arrived with Caribbean immigration in the late nineteenth century; a specifically dated, standalone gastronomy festival distinct from food stalls at Cahuita's other cultural events was not independently confirmed.

Cahuita's Caribbean food culture centers on a documented set of traditional dishes, rondon, a mixed stew of vegetables simmered with beef, chicken, fish or turtle in coconut milk, alongside rice and beans, fish cooked in coconut milk, mondongo soup, and jaky, ackee prepared with salt cod, all recognized as part of the town's traditional cuisine by Costa Rica's cultural information system.