Trinidad Macaroni Pie (recipe)

Filed Under dairy, cheese, pasta, vegetarian, sides | Posted on January 31, 2007

Trinidad Macaroni Pie. I had often wondered if there is such a thing in a definitive sense, however I have gotten so many hits with that as a search term that I now have to believe that there is. Coupled with the fact that my Jamaican mother does not make this dish more than once […]

Trinidad and Tobago Carnival: Part 3 - Steelbands and Panorama

Filed Under articles, series, Trinidad and Tobago Carnival | Posted on January 31, 2007

Exodus Steelband performing in Trafalgar Square, England - photo by bram_souffreau

It seems that every time a North American program wants to denote the ‘tropics’ you will hear the sound of a steelpan. It doesn’t even to seem to matter if the ‘tropics’ are in the Caribbean on a cruise ship or in Hawaii! If you […]

Trinidad Pholourie (recipe)

Filed Under pareve, vegetarian, appetizers, snacks | Posted on January 30, 2007

Yum Yum Yum. I love Trinidad street food. And I love love love pholourie. Pholourie are basically little balls of split pea flour fried and served in a thin sweet chutney sauce (usually mango or tamarind). You can buy them in little paper bags with the sauce in a little plastic bag included. So yum. […]

Trinidad and Tobago Carnival: Part 2 - Soca Music

Filed Under articles, series, Trinidad and Tobago Carnival | Posted on January 30, 2007

Soca Sensation Destra Garcia is one of Trinidad’s most in-demand musical artistes.
Check out her Myspace Page @ http://www.myspace.com/destragarcia

Welcome to the second part of what I have now mapped as a Ten Part series on the sights, sounds, and tastes of Trinidad and Tobago Carnival.
It is hard to imagine Carnival without music. And the definitive […]

Blogger Postcards From Around The World

Filed Under thoughts | Posted on January 29, 2007

Do you like the image on the left? I certainly hope so! You see, not only is it a picture of the very beautiful Pigeon Point beach in Tobago, it is also the postcard that I sent someone today as part of Blogger Postcards from Around the World.
Blogger Postcards from Around the World is […]


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