Tag: Food Recipes

Diwali Dessert Recipe

This popular dessert is made to celebrate the Diwali festival on Trinidad, but it’s sold by street vendors year-round. Look for this and other Trinidadian

Taste: Raw and Real in Hawaii

“They’re kind of disgusting … but really good,” says the young man behind the counter at the kava bar. That’s not exactly the reaction I

Conch Recipes Straight from the Island

You can’t get much more authentic than these three conch recipes

The Flavor of Jamaica

Felicia, a large, tall Jamaican woman, leaned over with amazing agility and enveloped me in her arms, my stiff white chef’s coat crinkling in the

Recipes

Chanterelle Mushroom “Cannelloni” For 4 People. Ingredients. Herb flavoured fresh pasta 4″ by 10″ Cups chopped chanterelle mushrooms Medium yellow onion chopped Cloves of garlic

Jalebis Recipe

Recipe from the book, Sweet Hands: Island Cooking from Trinidad & Tobago (Hippocrene Books, NY), by Ramin Ganeshram. Makes 15 Street vendors sell this dessert

Pelau Recipe

Recipe from the book, Sweet Hands: Island Cooking from Trinidad & Tobago (Hippocrene Books, NY), by Ramin Ganeshram. Serves 6 Pelau is one of those

Sautéed Crab Cakes with Waffled Sweet Potato Crowned with Mango & Avocado Salsa Recipe

6 servings INGREDIENTS 1 1/2 lbs Crab Meat 2 lbs Sweet Potato (Peeled & Cut into Waffled Shape on a Chinese Mandolin) 2 tbsp (Chopped)

Fish Chowder Recipe

A local specialty, offered by The Hog Penny Restaurant and Pub in Bermuda. Makes about 8 cups INGREDIENTS: 3 pounds fish heads from non-oily fish

A Legendary Journey: 7 Dishes to Try

Bahamas: Start with an island dessert. Guava Duff is a steamed cake stuffed with guava and served with a warm custard sauce. Try it at

A Legendary Journey: 5 Rum and Chocolate Pairings

Pyrat Cask 1623 (Anguilla) and Domori Puro 100%: Sweet, rich overtones of this Rolls-Royce of rum are a perfect finish to the deep taste of

Turkish Delights

In Istanbul the call of the sea can be hard to resist. “in the summer,” wrote American ambassador Samuel S. Cox in 1887, “Constantinople is

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