Author: Sarina

Baking Powder Biscuits (recipe)

There is something about Sundays. The pace of life is slower, the roads are empty, the neighbourhood is quieter, and the sunshine seems slightly brighter. Sundays lend themselves to leisurely baking like no other day of the week. That’s why last Sunday I decided to 

6 Weird Food Facts About Me!

Ever since I started trolling food blogs I would notice writers responding to ‘being tagged’ and ‘tagging others’. It seemed so fun and cute, grade school and cliquey. As someone who was always picked last in P.E. (gym class) and was never much of a 

Fabulous Find #1: Radmila’s Buttermilk Cornbread

Fabulous Find #1: Radmila’s Buttermilk Cornbread

Like any good food blogger I have amassed a huge list of recipes from other bloggers that I plan to ‘try one day’. As I slowly work my way through them I decided that I would highlight those that are really spectacular in a feature 

I had never seen a Green Eggplant Before!

It was with great excitement that mom came home from the market last weekend. “Look what I got! Do you know what it is?” “Whoa! Is that a GREEN EGGPLANT??” “I know!” She had seen them on the counter of a vendor and after having 

Open Call For Submissions!

When I started TriniGourmet.com my aim was to feature and promote the distinctive cuisine of Trinidad and Tobago. In the few months since I started this blog I have been thrilled to see it grow and reach more people than I had thought would have 

Trinidad Barfi (recipe)

    Barfi is one of those traditional Indo-Trinidadian sweets that one consumes when attending many a Hindu or Moslem celebration. I have seen it referred to (on websites) as an East Indian fudge or Indian cheesecake. Maybe these descriptions accurately capture the East Indian 

Trinidad Rum Punch (recipe)

The strains are still somewhat faint, but once the tinsel of New Year’s has been brushed away the tempo of Trinidad life begins to quicken to the crescendo that is Carnival. From now until Carnival Tuesday I’ll be sharing the sights, sounds and TASTES of 

Rachael Ray’s Travel Tidbits – Trinidad and Tobago

Trini ‘Doubles’ – the ultimate street food Photo taken by the lovely and generous Chennette 😉 Well whodathunk it? I found a Trinidad and Tobago blurb on Rachael Ray’s Food Network site! Now what I want to know is did the show actually come here? 

Welcome to my Kitchen!

I love the world of blog events. This time around I have to thank Veron of Kitchen Musings for making me aware of Lucullian Delight’s ‘Show Me Your Kitchen’. In that spirit, this is where I prepare all my dishes 🙂 It is pretty basic, 

Current Poll: How Do You Prefer To Receive Your RSS Feeds?

Hi there! And an even more special hello to all of you in RSS feed land 🙂 Currently TriniGourmet sends out the first 2 or 3 lines of a post to those who have chosen to subscribe via this method. I did this for several 

It’s Blog Delurking Week!

Well the actual term is National Delurking Week, but that leaves us global bloggers out! 🙁 Held in the second week of January , Delurking Week is a time in the blogosphere when all of you silent readers are encouraged to come out of the 

Carambola Bread (recipe)

Carambola Bread (recipe)

Two weeks ago I bought a bunch of starfruit (carambola) with the crazy idea of using it to make a cheesecake topping. Unfortunately the cheesecake never materialized and I was stuck with these silly green things in my vegetable drawer. Rather than let them go 

Corn, Callaloo and Sorrell

Corn, Callaloo and Sorrell

A true inter-generational feast. My aunt’s sweet corn casserole, my mother’s callaloo, and my sorrel rum punch. All together on the same stage 😀

Five Fingers a.k.a Carambola a.k.a Star Fruit

Five Fingers a.k.a Carambola a.k.a Star Fruit

Carambola is a fruit that was not very popular in my life until recent years, possibly a casualty of the flood of foreign fruit imports that became popular in the Nineties. Now however, with everyone tightening their belt, local produce is once again taking center