Tell me honestly. What would you think if someone asked you that out of the blue? Well…perhaps not out of the blue…but at a fast food restaurant, after you’ve placed your order. When I first came to Guyana, I was staying at a hotel-type place until I found a place to live. I didn’t fancy [...]
Author Archives: Chennette
Ting!
July 11, 2010 – 2:35 am
The first time I heard of Ting was 5 years ago traveling through the airport in Antigua with Caribbean colleagues. At the time, when one of them asked for it at the airport bar (little counter in the middle of the airport, at the time the only place to get some food) I had no [...]
Eggless Brownies (a recipe in progress)
June 27, 2010 – 6:41 pm
I wanted brownies today. Seemed the perfect thing to want during the excitement of World Cup. (Not really, I mean, I am enjoying the Group of 16, but it’s more like the “excitement” of trying to wrap up some work stuff that made me want chocolate). I don’t usually bake unless accompanied by a sibling [...]
Silk Cotton Tree and Jumbies
June 6, 2010 – 10:03 pm
On a recent visit to the Federation of St Christopher and Nevis (better known as St Kitts and Nevis), we took a whirlwind drive around Nevis, where I was impressed by the gardens, greenery and preservation of the old colonial buildings and plantations. More about that in a later post I hope. We didn’t really [...]
Sunday Lunch Coucou (with a recipe)
May 16, 2010 – 3:55 pm
I am home* for a couple weeks – vacation, then to vote.** So, taking advantage of being at home with Mom (who did the beef and beans), I present to you our Sunday Lunch today! Cornmeal Coucou, stew beef and red beans! Sunday lunch is a big thing in the Caribbean. It’s the time to [...]
Cheese Sticks, revisited
April 12, 2010 – 9:12 pm
Just thought I’d post about my revisiting my Late Night Cheese Sticks recipe (otherwise known as Cheese Straws). I made them again this weekend and I really liked the way they turned out – although alot of that was not entirely intentional! I used both shredded cheddar and parmesan – the cheddar incorporated into the [...]
Café Au Lait, a (Trini) novel by Liane Spicer
April 11, 2010 – 2:00 am
As with most things not related to my work, I am very late on posting about Café Au Lait by Liane Spicer, an author and blogger from T&T who is also a reader of this blog. Aka_lol reviewed the novel a year and a half ago for example. Liane, I apologise… But I can rectify [...]
Copyright, Blogging and the Media
April 7, 2010 – 9:56 pm
This is a post that is long overdue. Very long. Georgia Popplewell of Caribbean Free Radio posted today (with the absolutely perfect title “photos don’t take themselves“) about two Trinidad and Tobago publications using one of her photos, without permission and of course without credit (Newsday even placed their watermark on the photo!). TriniGourmet, with her usual [...]
Trini Bakery Goodies – the Photos
April 1, 2010 – 12:41 am
You may recall that in my recent post, Ode to the Bread Van, I rambled on, reminiscing about all the goodies that were to be had from Trini bakeries and bread vans. With nary a picture to illustrate. Especially unfortunate for those who may not have known some of the goodies I mentioned. This post [...]
Rose Levy Berenbaum Pizza
March 24, 2010 – 9:15 am
I’ve posted about great pizza doughs before – specifically, the best flavoured and textured pizza, which we* have tried - Alton Brown’s pizza recipe. His method requires planning a day in advance to get the full development of flavour, but it gives you a lovely crispy and chewy crust (balance of crispiness and chewiness dependent on [...]
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