Top 5 Recipes Featuring Eggplant on TriniGourmet.com

1. Eggplant Ragout with Tomatoes, Peppers and Ground Beef (recipe)
This dish is redolent with the flavours of the Middle East and is a personal favourite of mine.

2. Fried Eggplant (recipe)
Slivers of seasoned eggplant (or melongene as it is more commonly called here in Trinidad) are floured and breaded before being pan fried. The results are a light flavourful crust with a warm molten center. If you are not traditionally a fan of eggplants, this may be just the thing to turn you …

I’ve been dreaming of mango lassi for some time now. Mango lassi was something I first discovered during my college years in the US and I haven’t had it since returning to Trinidad seven years ago. This rich cool, slightly tart, beverage is the perfect complement to spicy, fiery cuisines and is also hearty (and healthy) enough to be a satisfying shake all on its own.
When our mango bounty began to wind down in October I thought I would use some over-ripe fruits that we had on hand to …

Opening of the Churchill-Roosevelt/Uriah Butler Interchange, May 1 2009
August 31st is Trinidad’s Independence Day. This year’s menu is a trifecta of the new, the old, and a new twist on an old favourite What will yours be this year?

• Sarina’s Spinach-Ginger Salad
• Bertie’s Trinidad Pelau
• Sarina’s Independence Day Sugar Cakes
To learn more about Independence Day Celebrations in Trinidad, as well as the Independence Day Movement visit the Independence Day portal at the National Library website.
Trinidad & Tobago’s flag is raised for the 1st time …

Trinidad Macaroni Pie is the #1 pie recipe here on Trinigourmet.com
Is it a pie? Is it a tart? The answer may more lie in the recipe’s country of origin and it’s final presentation, than in the ingredients and composition themselves.
From Baking911.com
A pie is American in design and can be both sweet or savory and is served directly from its pan. Most pies are usually baked with a layer of pastry dough or other crust doughs and mixtures, lining a regular 9-inch or a deep-dish 8-inch round pie pan, both …

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Caribbean Kitchen Magic A Food and Drink How-to
Join us for a mini-culinary tour o the Caribbean Kitchen – via its fruits and vegetables, its weekday staples, its holiday feasts, its beverages and even some hand-me-down remedies. Discover the likes of stamp-an-go, foo-foo, asopao, brandied lobster. Delight in visions of paw paw, mangos, honey berries and succulent avocados waiting to be plucked and eaten. Learn the mysteries of preparing breadfruit, soursop and christophene. Investigate some delicious versions of rice and beans, the staple of the Caribbean. Explore the benefits of soaking …

Long time flyers of Trinidad’s first national airline BWIA, and its more recent incarnation Caribbean Airlines, are familiar with its highly respected inflight publication “Caribbean Beat”. However did you know that before that there was the “Caribbean Beachcomber”? A joint effort between BWIA, LIAT, Air Jamaica, the Jamaica Air Service, the Caribbean Travel Association and the Hilton International Company, Caribbean Beachcomber took a distinctly ‘connoisseur’ approach to Caribbean life and activities. Its pages a clear reminder that this was a time when air travel was still not a regular occurrence …

This post was originally published on January 29, 2009. It has been updated once since then.
So here it is, right on the heels of my first Tuesdays with Dorie entry, my very first Daring Bakers challenge! I first learnt about Daring Bakers in 2006 shortly after starting this blog. Back then the pool of participants was quite small and invitation-only. I would read their entries and ooh and aah over the pictures wondering if and when I’d ever feel ready to throw my hat into the ring and join them. …

This meal came together relatively quickly. It is a classic one-pot dish based on veggies that are on ‘standby’ and tinned pantry staple. What gives it a little twist from other cobbler-style casseroles is the use of cornmeal as the crust. As I enter my 3rd year of preparing gluten-free meals where my mother is concerned I have come to have an even greater respect for cornmeal’s versatility. In this case, the corn provides a crisp textural contrast to the soft vegetables. I have to give a shoutout to …

One of the things that I love about operating Trinigourmet is the wealth of knowledge and experiences that readers bring to the table. Whether it’s commenting on other’s questions left in posts, participating in the #caribbeancooks hashtag on Twitter, or contributing to my Facebook presence, I am always left inspired.
Case in point. Recently I asked fans of the Trinigourmet Facebook page, what was their favourite way to enjoy plantains. Many of you picked fried ripe (and green) as the method of choice, with boiled a rather distant second. One …