Some foods or dishes are associated with a particular place or activity. A perfect example of this is Bake and Shark at Maracas Beach in Trinidad. Maracas Beach is a beautiful beach on the north shore of Trinidad. The most important feature of Maracas Beach is the many Bake and Shark huts. Bake and Shark [...]
Posts Tagged ‘snack’
Shark, Really?
Posted in comfort food, diaspora, snack, tagged comfort food, diaspora, Indian, snack, Trinidad on September 21, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Double up on Doubles
Posted in comfort food, diaspora, snack, tagged comfort food, diaspora, Indian, snack, Trinidad on September 12, 2008 | 1 Comment »
This past week we were in Trinidad visiting G’s family and one local dish which cannot be missed is doubles. Doubles is a street food in Trinidad and Tobago which is a sandwich made with two fried breads called ‘bara’, hence the name doubles, and is filled with curried garbanzo beans or channa. It is [...]
Croatians in Kansas City!?
Posted in bakery, diaspora, snack, tagged bakery, diaspora, snack on July 13, 2008 | 2 Comments »
One of the things I find the most interesting about food culture is how certain foods become popular in an area because of the immigrant populations that settled in the area. A friend of ours from college is now living in Kansas City and came out to visit us for the long holiday weekend. He [...]
Cookies with a kick
Posted in cooking, snack, tagged cooking, snack, sweet on July 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Even though I am sweet tooth sometimes I crave something not overly sweet, but with a little kick. I love the sweet and savory combination! With just such a craving I was browsing dessert recipes and came across Mexican Chocolate Cookies from the December 2007 issue of Cooking Light Magazine. I am not much of [...]
A friend of mine is always bringing over different food items to try and the other day she gave me these, loquats. With some research I found that they are also called ‘Japanese Plum’. These small bright yellow fruits are products of the ‘Eriobotrya japonica’ plant. The fruits are only about 2.5 in length and [...]
Latest favorite snack
Posted in cooking, snack, tagged cooking, snack, sweet on April 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
As you will learn, I am quite a sweet tooth! So much so that I still sweeten fruits that are perfectly ripe. My latest sweetening technique was introduced to me by one of my dear friends who happens to be a pastry chef by training. She mixes brown sugar with sour cream [...]
