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Eid Menu 2009
2009-09-20 06:25:00
Image courtesy Chennette Today is Eid-Ul-Fitr and it is marked tomorrow in Trinidad & Tobago by a public holiday. Like most religious holidays in Trinidad it is marked not just by strong community observance but also with warm interfaith participation. Because so many communities share this small space of land it is not unusual to have many religions represented on one street and neighbours at the end of the day are still neighbours. This year I haven’t been able to accept any of the Eid invitations I’ve received (or the Rosh ... Related posts:Mom’s Curry Chicken and SaimDivali Menu 2008Passover 2009 Menu

Trackback Love: Week ending Saturday, September 5, 2009
2009-09-19 06:20:00
? Lighter Portions: Summer Schlop and Some Culinary Fun Kristie at Lighter Portions used my Vegetarian Potstickers as an inspiration for her wonton wrapper surplus. Her results look divine and I’m glad that she enjoyed them She also seems to be interested in more than a few raw recipes, which is always a win for me! Definitely looking forward to following her posts. ? Sarah’s Cucina Bella – Homemade Pizza Recipe Sarah, at the gorgeous Cucina Bella, linked a Parmesan Pizza dough recipe that I posted back in 2006 (wow, have ... Related posts:TriniGourmet’s Amazon Hotlist for September 2007!TriniGourmet’s Amazon Hotlist for September 2009
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Rosh Hashana Menu 2009
2009-09-18 16:19:00
Rosh Hashana Community Dinner 2007 L’Shana Tovah! Happy New Year! Tonight marks the start of Rosh Hashana, the start of the Jewish New Year. This year I enter it with probably the least enthusiastic head space that I’ve had in recent years. This is due to my still recovering from a rather nasty flu and an ever-growing list of ‘must dos’. Still, I expect that as the hours start ticking down, my nascent enthusiasm will grow and start to take over Normally at Rosh Hashana I have a ... Related posts:Rosh Hashana & Eid 2008: A Holiday Week in ReviewEid Menu 2009Trinidad Hot Baked Fish, ‘Bang Bang Salsa’, and Caribbean Rice and Peas

Tridoshic Dal (recipe)
2009-09-15 06:17:00
Oops! It almost slipped my mind to let you all know the wonderful dal recipe that I used with yesterday’s Dosas. This Tridoshic dal comes from a cookbook that I’ve been using for years called The Ayurvedic Cookbook. I’m always interested in learning about the culinary traditions and philosophies of other cultures. Eastern cuisines in particular often fixates on the concept of warming and cooling foods. Maintaining a balance of the two within a meal, or strategically stimulating or calming ones system where imbalance is detected. This approach to balance ... Related posts:Roasted Vegetables with Curried Onions (recipe)Creamy Broccoli Soup (recipe)Braised Pumpkin and Potatoes (recipe)
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Daring Cooks: Indian Dosas (recipe)
2009-09-14 06:33:00
Finally! I have completed (and posted) a Daring Cooks Challenge on time! I have been cooking along with this most recent adjunct to the Daring Bakers community but have always ended up missing the deadlines for one reason or another. No more! This time around the challenge was Indian Dosas. I’ve made dosas before but this was my first time doing so with gluten-free flour. Two suggested accompaniments were also given; a curried chickpea filling and a coconut curry gravy. I decided to use the recommended filling but broke away ... Related posts:East Indian Chickpea Salad (recipe)Tridoshic Dal (recipe)Trinidad Saltfish Accra (recipe)
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Ensalada Chilena (recipe)
2009-09-13 06:01:00
This entry is part 2 of 2 in the series Summit Of The Americas Earlier this year when Trinidad hosted the Summit of the Americas, I came up with the idea to try to cook my way through the recipes of the attending nations. That never quite materialized in the timely manner that I had envisioned. This recipe was one of those. This simple tomato and onion salad is a customary accompaniment to meals in Chile. Its name echoes not only its popularity in that country, but also the fact that ... Related posts:Sarina’s Cranberry Almond Slaw (recipe)Braised Pumpkin and Potatoes (recipe)Sarina’s Spinach-Ginger Salad (recipe)
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A Beer is a? Carib (video)
2009-09-12 06:03:00
Carib Brewery, Eastern Main Road, Champs Fleurs Ask any Trinidadian to complete the following phrase. A beer is a … and you’ll instantly hear a loud uproarious ‘Carib’. For over 50 years the Carib Brewery has been producing Carib beer to the delight of Trinis both at home and abroad. I know that for myself seeing a Carib sign in a pub or a bar abroad was enough to make me scream, grab a camera and patronise the establishment Carib doesn’t only produce beer however, they also are behind the ... Related posts:1987 Malta Carib Commercial (video)Shandy CaribMid-80’s Stag Commercial (video)
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1987 Malta Carib Commercial (video)
2009-09-09 06:09:00
Malta Carib has been a staple in my home since I was a child. Growing up I felt like quite a ‘big woman’ drinking it from the bottle (I had no idea it was non-alcoholic ). During the 80’s it was promoted not just as an energy booster, but also as an aid for students preparing for exams! From CaribBeer.com Malta Carib is a full-bodied, refreshing non-alcoholic malt beverage that is rich in vitamins. Malta Carib has a pleasant, sweet taste enhanced by a hint of bitterness derived from ... Related posts:A Beer is a… Carib (video)Mid-80’s Stag Commercial (video)Shandy Carib
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Bussin? Coconut
2009-09-08 06:53:00
Every now and again I get criticized by a reader for using ’shortcuts’ in my recipes. Whether it’s a frozen this or a grated that, I’m bound to hear from someone who thinks that unless I grew it, picked it and shelled it myself, I’m really nothing but a lazy bum. Well criticism noted and embraced! I -am- a lazy bum (in my downtime), and I love the conveniences that modern supermarkets and entrepreneurs have provided. I’m also happy to share them with other readers who because of their own ... Related posts:The Many Faces of the Coconut

Sarina?s Cranberry Almond Slaw (recipe)
2009-09-07 06:06:00
Salads in Trinidad are traditionally a disheartening affair that leaves you wondering why the cook/establishment even bothered. Two wilted lettuce leaves, a force-ripe watery slice of tomato, and some slivers of cucumber served either unadorned, or swimming in some vague mystery oil with specks of pepper flecked throughout. All that’s missing is a headstone for your plate. Most people down it ASAP so that they can focus on the ‘real’ part of their plate, or they simple leave it behind. For this reason, I don’t take it personally when guests ... Related posts:Strawberry-Almond Shortcakes (San Francisco Chronicle’s Top Recipe of 2005)Almond-Peach Muffins (recipe)Fresh Green Bean Salad (recipe)

Valentine?s Day Menu 2009
2009-02-13 06:11:00
Some simple and quick recipes that I’ve enjoyed and hope you will as well. I myself, won’t be cooking this Valentine ’s as J and I are heading out to dine. I will however have camera in tow, as where there is food, there is a blog Valentine’s Day 2009 - A Menu ? Fresh Green Bean Salad ? Kung Pao Chicken ? Mango Cake Special! From now until Saturday at midnight Amazon.com is offering a FREE DOWNLOAD of Marvin Gaye’s ‘Let’s Get It On’ … SWEET! RSS Digital Fingerprint: sweethanfuhso No ... No related posts.

Grated Carrot and Raisin Salad (recipe)
2009-02-12 05:56:00
This salad is a nostalgic favourite of mine. It was the only form of vegetables that my Aunt provided on a regular basis when I (and many of her godchildren) would spend part of the school holidays by her. From young I enjoyed the contrast in textures between the smooth creamy mayonnaise, and crunchy carrots… and the occasional burst of sweetness that the raisins provided? Heaven! So imagine my shock when I came across a recipe for this salad of my youth in my copy of The Good Home Cookbook: ... Related posts:Carrot , Ginger and Cumin Salad (recipe)Sarina’s Spicy Caesar Salad (recipe)Carmen’s Carrot Muffins (recipe)
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Chef Bryant Terry & Cajun-spiced, Open-faced Red Pepper Frittata Sandwiches
2009-02-11 05:02:00
February is Black History Month and with it comes A Taste of Ebony, a food challenge hosted by Joelen of Joelen’s Culinary Adventures highlighting the work and recipes of Black chefs and food celebrities. When I began TriniGourmet Black food personalities were almost a shadow presence, and though I am glad to see, over the past year, the Food Network integrating African-Americans into its lineup, it still strikes me as unfortunate that an actual chef such as Marcus Samuelsson is relegated to a tundra timeslot on a niche channel such ... Related posts:Sarina’s Miniature Hot Pepper Soufflés (recipe)Easy Hot Spiced Mexican Chocolate (recipe)Spiced Orange Mold (recipe)
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Floating Island/Île Flottant
2009-02-10 07:14:00
It’s time again for another Tuesdays with Dorie, and I’m starting to feel rather warm and nostalgic now towards my ‘recent’ acquisition. Although the sheer volume of Baking: From My Home to Yoursis intimidating (over 400 pages!), the style of writing, and step by step directions make each recipe approachable and almost effortless. This time around the assignment at hand was a classic French Dessert called Île Flottante, that’s Floating Island s to us Anglais-philes This recipe is one I had never heard of before this challenge, so I really ... Related posts:Thanksgiving Recipes - Island StyleBanana Coconut Custard (recipe)Chocolate Rum-Raisin Cake

Cranberries are not Street Food
2009-02-09 05:58:00
Can I just say how glad I am to be back in the swing of things where posting is concerned? Life has settled into something resembling a routine which allows me to realistically integrate my posts into my daily life. As many of my longtime readers know however for much of last year this wasn’t the case, and this blog gathered more than its share of dust for weeks at a time. Although it may have appeared as though nothing was going on, I was still cooking and taking ... Related posts:Trinidadian Food (through other culture’s eyes)6 Weird Food Facts About Me!REVIEW: Cooking with Three Ingredients (Flavorful Food Easy as 1,2,3)
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Eggplant Cutlets: Cotolette Di Melanzane (recipe)
2009-02-08 05:11:00
What do you get when you combine Fried Eggplant with the skill and experience of a world class chef? These out of this world ‘Eggplant Cutlets’. Like many of the Mario Batali dishes that I have tried, this recipe provides rich flavour and a satisfying contrast in textures, through what appears as relatively few ingredients. Although Batali’s recipes uses breadcrumbs, I substituted that with cornmeal so that this dish would be gluten-free. The change in flavour was not displeasing, and the crunch was probably even a little more satisfying. At ... Related posts:Fried Eggplant (recipe)Eggplant-Potato ‘Surprise’ (recipe)Ole Year Offerings (2006): Moroccan Eggplant Salad
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San Juan Croisee
2009-02-07 05:37:00
The San Juan Croisee From The Rough Guide to Trinidad & Tobago: The westernmost of a succession of communities that sprawl along the length of the Eastern Main Road, brash, commercial San Juan (pronounced sah-wah) avoids being a Port of Spain satellite by the skin of its teeth. The town’s focal point is the “croisee” (pronounced kwaysay), a bustling junction marked by the Scotiabank clock tower, which was named when French Creole was the main local vernacular - “croisee” translates as “crossroads”. It’s a scene of agreeable, organized pandemonium; doubles ... Related posts:The Trinidad ‘Nutsman’ pt. 2 (video)
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Raw Green Mango Chow (recipe)
2009-02-06 05:44:00
Green mango chow is a wonderful accompaniment to most meals. Light and yet spicy, it adds a tart sweetness when used as a condiment. Chow s like these are best used by slightly under-ripe fruits. In this case I have used a green mango, however pineapples are sometimes used, and even though I’ve never seen it done locally, my recent readings on Vietnamese cuisine cos me to believe it should also work brilliantly with green papaya. Assembly is quite simple. The recipe below is really quite loose and forgiving. Feel free ... Related posts:Mango Lassi (recipe)Green Olive Tapenade (recipe)Fresh Green Bean Salad (recipe)
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Sarina?s Pigeon Peas and Rice (recipe)
2009-02-05 05:05:00
This dish of pigeon peas and rice was the perfect accompaniment to the Crispy Lemon Chicken that I made earlier this year. The rice and peas are cooked together in a rich combination of fresh thyme and coconut milk with wedges of tomatoes and (if desired) a scotch bonnet pepper. The final result is quite similar to the scent and flavour of Jamaican peas and rice, a sentimental fave of mine, and should be a little less daunting in execution especially for new cooks. Sarina’s Pigeon Peas and Rice INGREDIENTS: 2 cups ... Related posts:Sarina’s Caribbean Rice and Peas (recipe)Curried Rice (recipe)Curried Pumpkin and Rice (recipe)
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Pepsi Billboard
2009-02-04 05:59:00
Here in Trinidad, billboards for cellphone services and beverages often feature regional and local personages. This Pepsi billboard features Guyanese cricketer Ramnaresh Sarwan. RSS Digital Fingerprint: sweethanfuhso No related posts. No related posts.
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Arepas (recipe)
2008-12-28 05:04:00
Earlier this year when my mother was diagnosed with severe gluten-related allergies it came as a surprise to her, and us. We never realized such an allergy could rear its head so late in a person’s life. After seeing what she went through physically in the weeks it took to diagnose we have all gone ... Related posts:Corn Soup with Cornmeal Dumplings (recipe)Double Corn Spoon Bread with Green Chiles (San Francisco Chronicle’s Top Recipe of 1992)Ciabatta Bread (recipe)

Holiday Food Recap
2008-12-27 05:23:00
Clockwise from top left: Mom’s Jamaican Ginger Beer, Auntie Olga’s Black Cake tin, Jason’s Punch de Creme (I pretty much drank that bottle on my own ), Auntie Olga’s Trinidad Christmas Black Cake Mmmm, this post will be a short one as I’m still digesting Mom’s Roasted Chicken and Jamaican Rice and Peas was ... Related posts:Taste of T&T 2007 - Final Recap ! (video)Trinidadian Holiday Bread Traditions?Trinidadian Food (through other culture’s eyes)

Happy Holidays!
2008-12-26 00:58:00
A Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukkah to all who celebrate To those who don’t my fondest wishes and hopes for you now and in the coming year It’s very quiet and peaceful and sunny here right now, and I hope a similar atmosphere is pervading everyone’s home who reads this Last night ... Related posts:Supermarket Sugarcane!deVine Saturdays @ MoreVinoWine Clubs in Trinidad and Tobago?
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One Day In The Life Of TriniGourmet
2008-12-23 05:24:00
This weekend on Twitter I learnt about a photo event called “One Day In The Life Of…”. My interest was immediately piqued as Ilove taking random photo essays of the world around me. So, I joined the group, loaded fresh batteries in my camera and clicked away yesterday. If you’re interested in checking out what ... Related posts:Six Moments That Changed My Foodie Life in 2006TriniGourmet thanks ‘all yuh’ for the online love :)Trinidad and Tobago Carnival: Part 4 - Fetes!
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Sardine Pate (recipe)
2008-12-22 05:48:00
Growing up in a cross-cultural household there were many moments when you realized that your home was a little ‘different’ from many of those around you. As a kid I went to a variety of private schools with large international populations so those differences seemed quite ‘normal’, however when I began public high school I ... Related posts:Fish in Sweet and Sour Sauce (recipe)Trinidad Hot Baked Fish (recipe)Trinidad Buljol (recipe)
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TriniGourmet Q&A #4: Where to find Promasa and Punch de Creme in the UK?
2008-12-20 05:52:00
This entry is part 4 of 4 in the series Q&A Reader’s Question: II live in Sutton, Surrey, U.K. and I am having problems locating ?Promasa? yellow cornmeal. Can you advise me, if you know, of any market/delicatessen in the London area that I can purchase Promasa, for my Trini Christmas pastelles? I know it is ... No related posts.
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Punch de Creme (recipe)
2008-12-17 05:26:00
This entry is part 9 of 9 in the series Trini Christmas This entry was originally published on December 14, 2006. I am reposting it today for your holiday enjoyment For other Traditional Trinidadian Christmas recipes, visit my post In Trinidad Christmas is Parang! Punch de Creme , is another of Trinidad’s traditional Christmas drinks. ... Related posts:Carrot Punch (recipe)Ole Year Offerings (2006): Jamaican Sorrel Rum PunchTrinidad Rum Punch (recipe)
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Supermarket Sugarcane!
2008-12-16 05:43:00
Sporadically over the past year I have seen packaged, pre-peeled sugarcane in the produce section of HiLo supermarket. As a child I would love when my mother would come home with fresh sugar cane. My parents would strip it and cut it into small sections which would then be kept in the fridge. It was ... No related posts.
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Sarina?s Curried Potato ?mini? Latkes & Bubbly Guava-Ginger Ale
2008-12-15 05:54:00
Here I am sitting in front of the television watching Wolf Blitzer and his fierce beard interrogating various political pundits. It’s a gorgeous sunny and quiet Sunday afternoon. The kind of weather that we call ‘beach weather’, but I’m indoors. I’ll be heading to the supermarket in a while though to buy some ingredients for ... Related posts:Carmen’s Jamaican Ginger BeerCurried Rice (recipe)Mom’s Curried Eggplant, Curried Pumpkin and Rice
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MSG and Me
2008-12-14 05:44:00
Recently, within minutes of eating one of my mother’s egg foo yungs, I found myself developing a splitting migraine headache and growing weak. The onset was so rapid and violent that I became alarmed. Only a few days prior the same incident had happened to me, and somewhere within my consciousness I remembered that it ... Related posts:Poll Results: How Familiar Are You With Caribbean Cuisine?Poll Results: How do you prefer to receive your RSS feeds?