Embark, Culture, Food and Cuisine
By Franka Philip ● Issue 146 (July/August 2017)
The truth about superfoods — Caribbean ones | Cookup
There was a time about a decade ago when you couldn’t escape from headlines like “Superfoods everyone should live by”, “Top ten...
Embark, Food and Cuisine, Trinidad and Tobago
By Franka Philip ● Issue 145 (May/June 2017)
The chocolate revolution in Trinidad & Tobago | Cookup
I used to boast to my foodie friends in London that posh chocolates like Green & Black’s and Valhrona Gran Couva were made with...
Embark, Culture, Food and Cuisine
By Franka Philip ● Caribbean Innovation (15 May 2020), Issue 144 (March/April 2017)
A compendium of curry | Cookup
One of my most mind-blowing food experiences ever was years ago at an Indian restaurant in Southall, West London. It was the first time I...
Embark, Culture, Food and Cuisine
By Franka Philip ● Issue 140 (July/August 2016)
Fresh from the farm
When you’ve bought vegetables, meat, or eggs directly from farmers who grow the produce, there’s a special sense of satisfaction,...
Embark, Business, Festivals and Events
By Franka Philip ● Issue 137 (January/February 2016)
Eventful times
Few things have a hold on the Trinidadian — and, dare I say, the Caribbean — imagination like Carnival. For people playing mas, the...
Embark, Food and Cuisine, Trinidad and Tobago
By Franka Philip ● Issue 136 (November/December 2015)
Life is sweet
For most Caribbean people, honey is something you buy in the market or along a country road from a vendor who pitched up a little table in...
Embark, Food and Cuisine, Trinidad and Tobago
By Franka Philip ● Issue 134 (July/August 2015)
Jeremy Tilokee: raw passion
I have many Caribbean friends who used to vigorously resist the idea of raw seafood. “I eh eating dat!” But after some coaxing, and a...
Embark, Culture, Food and Cuisine, United States, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago
By Franka Philip ● Issue 132 (March/April 2015)
Caribbean cooking for the future
I was having a conversation with a chef about home baking, and just as we reached the part about the amazing smell that fills the house,...