The Cuisine of Trinidad & Tobago, The Caribbean & Beyond!
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 …
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 …
The genesis of this recipe came about when Nandita at Saffron Trail asked me to come up with a dish that could theoretically represent the West Indies Cricket Team at this year’s Cricket World Cup, for an article she is developing. Caribbean cooking is so …
The Ultimate Stew Roundup is now available online. My submission was Trinidad Stew Beef with Herbed Dumplings 🙂 Do check out the many other entries from around the world 🙂 Unfortunately the roundup page does not display properly on my system. I have written …
So the roundup for Sugar High Friday #27: Chocolate by Brand is here! 🙂 This time it was hosted by the very smiley David Lebovitz, author of Room For Dessert : 110 Recipes for Cakes, Custards, Souffles, Tarts, Pies, Cobblers, Sorbets, Sherbets, Ice Creams, Cookies, …
I have always been intimidated by soufflés. No, that’s not quite true. I had never thought of a soufflé? as something that should intimidate me, until I saw the horrors that Lucy Liu’s character had with them in one of the Charlies’ Angels movies. Ever …
I was all set to make a chicken paella this morning, that was until I learnt about the ‘Waiter there’s something in my stew’ challenge which ends tonight. See these days nothing gets me more excited than the 101 food blog challenges that seem …
This recipe went together so quickly and easily. And boy did it pack a punch 🙂 A punch of yum that is! 🙂 I love how the coolness of the lettuce and tomatoes played off of the scotch bonnet’s heat. The combination reminded me of …
When I originally found this recipe on Peppers.com I was instantly wary. You see I keep stumbling across recipes that begin with the word Trinidad or Caribbean that then go on to have little resemblance either through ingredients or methodology to what I’m familiar with. …
This is what I made for dinner last weekend 🙂 Trinidad Hot Baked Fish, “Bang Bang’ Salsa (kudos to Marsha for putting me back into a Dave Koz frame of mind, and Caribbean Rice and Peas (from a recipe that I developed for Nandita at …
In the past few months I’ve gotten to know so many fine food blogs. After a while of reading a blog regularly I find that I also start to become curious about the mind and history of the person behind it. That’s why I decided …
Things have really picked up at TriniGourmet.com this month! Not only have I almost reached 200 posts! 😮 But comments have averaged between 20-40 a post 🙂 This upsurge made my old commenting system and search engine terribly unwieldy, so over the past 48 hours …
Mom and I have been very surprised and pleased at all the curiousity and interest that y’all have shown at our market find! We are pleased to now show you the conclusion of the Saga of the Green Goddess, as Monday morning she met her …
It appears that from time to time the Institute of Culinary Education in New York City, USA has a recreational cooking course on the cuisine of Trinidad and Tobago! Titled “Aloo Pie, Pelau, and Accras: The Multi-Cultural Cuisine of Trinidad” it is taught by Ramin …
