Author: Franka Philip

Embark, Culture, Food and Cuisine

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...

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Culture, Food and Cuisine, Caribbean Diaspora

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...

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Culture, Food and Cuisine

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,...

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Culture, Food and Cuisine

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...

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Culture, Food and Cuisine, Caribbean Diaspora

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...

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Culture, Food and Cuisine, United Kingdom, Caribbean Diaspora

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...

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Culture, Food and Cuisine, United Kingdom, Caribbean Diaspora

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...

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Culture, Food and Cuisine, People, United Kingdom, Trinidad and Tobago

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...

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