Embark, Culture, Food and Cuisine
By Franka Philip ● Issue 129 (September/October 2014)
Our daily bread
I don’t know about you, but for me there’s nothing that says “home” like the smell of freshly baked bread wafting through the...
Culture, Food and Cuisine, Caribbean Diaspora
By Franka Philip ● Issue 108 (March/April 2011)
Breakfast is for champions
This morning, I had what’s known in these parts as a full English breakfast. I leisurely chomped my way through eggs, sausage, black...
By Franka Philip ● Issue 105 (September/October 2010)
Saving the best for last
One of the best things about a visit back home to Trinidad & Tobago is, of course, the food. Before I left London for my recent visit,...
By Franka Philip ● Issue 100 (November/December 2009)
At Christmas your heart goes home
This time last year, I was making plans for a huge Boxing Day dinner, the first big lime at my new home. The ambitious menu included a...
Culture, Food and Cuisine, Caribbean Diaspora
By Franka Philip ● Issue 99 (September/October 2009)
Soup, soup, beautiful soup
One sleepy Saturday, I changed my status on Facebook – the time-gobbling social-networking site – to “Franka Philip is going to make...
Culture, Food and Cuisine, United Kingdom, Caribbean Diaspora
By Franka Philip ● Issue 98 (July/August 2009)
The Rhodes more travelled: Gary Rhodes
Caribbean eyes are smiling at another conquest of the British. And this time it’s not in sport, but in the culinary arena. Just as the...
Culture, Food and Cuisine, United Kingdom, Caribbean Diaspora
By Franka Philip ● Issue 97 (May/June 2009)
A rum do: London’s Rumfest
Something’s been creeping up on connoisseurs in the UK and Europe. It’s something for which the Caribbean is world-famous, but it...
Culture, Food and Cuisine, People, United Kingdom, Trinidad and Tobago
By Franka Philip ● Issue 96 (March/April 2009)
Dan is the man
You rarely get to meet your heroes, and if you do, you’re probably not going to spend any time hanging out with them. So I count myself...