by admin.maria | Nov 20, 2018 | Callaloo Cooking, Family Meals, Family Nutrition
One of the well known and best loved dishes in Trinidad and Tobago is callaloo. It’s normally takes pride of place as part of a Sunday meal. Some families include crab others include salted pigs’ tails. Every family has their own way of doing it but most...
by Maria Tumolo | Sep 4, 2015 | Callaloo Cooking, Caribbean Dishes, Republic of Trinidad and Tobago
Apart from Callaloo if ever there was one dish that could sum up Trini culture it would be pelau, I think. My British and American readers may notice that it look different to the pilau rice that they are familiar with. Trini pelau is like a half-sister to the Indian...
by Maria Tumolo | Jul 16, 2015 | Callaloo Cooking, Family Meals
Every once in a while I miss my Trini curry. I experience serious curry tabanca1. If you know me, my weakness is a good curry chicken dhalpuri roti, or GOAT, yeah curry goat too! Anyway, hubby and I got our hands on some Mauritian dhal puri roti skins. The Mauritian...
by Maria Tumolo | Dec 21, 2013 | Callaloo Cooking, Cambridge, Caribbean Dishes, Christmas, Expat, Faith, Family Festivals, Family Traditions, Parang Music, Trinidad, Trinidad and Parang Music
I didn’t believe in Santa as child. Like everywhere else, Trinidad has the usual Christmas carols, Christmas pop songs along with our local Christmas music know as Parang. On street corners during the festive season, there would be men dressed as Santa but...
by Maria Tumolo | Dec 14, 2013 | Callaloo Cooking, Family Meals, Family Nutrition, Meal Planning, Trini Gourmet
image from Pinterest via Live Organic I love food and I enjoy cooking but I must admit I’m not the best at presentation. Ironically since becoming a parent I cook less but graciously Hubby pulls up the slack. In a quest to resume cooking more for my family I...
