Author: Franka Philip

Culture, Fashion and Jewellery, Arts, United Kingdom, Trinidad and Tobago

Morris Aberdeen: keeping London locked down

There was a time not so long ago in the Caribbean when dreadlocks were not cool. At some of the more conservative establishments like...

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Culture, Food and Cuisine, Jamaica

Ground provisions: food of champions

Didn’t we all jump for joy last August when our Jamaican cousins swept the board in the main events on the track during the Beijing...

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Culture, Food and Cuisine

Eat something before you go

There’s nothing to concentrate the mind on the festive season like having to think about a menu for Boxing Day dinner for your...

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Culture, Food and Cuisine

Tools of the trade

There are three whisks in my kitchen: a heavy-duty French whisk for beating eggs for omelettes and custard; a smaller vinaigrette whisk for...

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Culture, Travel, Food and Cuisine, Caribbean Diaspora

London: the city where you can eat the world

If you’re heading to London for the first time this summer, there are probably a few things you’ve been told you must do or see. Most...

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Culture, Food and Cuisine

Brain food

Caribbean cuisine — at least to those of us who know and love it — is a reflection of the vivacious, saucy and seductive nature of the...

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Culture, Food and Cuisine

The heart of the matter

It can strike at any time, any place — on the bus, the train or in the middle of a meeting. All of a sudden, I have this overwhelming...

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Culture, Food and Cuisine, Trinidad and Tobago

North stand nostalgia

When all you have to call Carnival is two days in late August, when you’re never sure if the weather is going to be blisteringly hot or...

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