Embark, Literature, Reviews, Canada, United Kingdom, United States, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago
By Shivanee Ramlochan ● Issue 164 (May/June 2021)
Bookshelf (May/June 2021) | Book reviews
This month’s reading picks from the Caribbean, with reviews of A Million Aunties by Alecia McKenzie; Mrs Death Misses Death by Salena Godden; An Autobiography of the Autobiography of Reading by Dionne Brand; and Mama Phife Represents: A Verse Memoir by Cheryl Boyce-Taylor
Embark, Literature, Reviews, Guadeloupe, Haiti, United States
By Shivanee Ramlochan ● Issue 163 (March/April 2021)
Bookshelf (Mar/Apr 2021) | Book reviews
This month’s reading picks from the Caribbean, with reviews of Inheritance: The Story of a West Indian Family by Ian McDonald; of colour by Katherine Agyemaa Agard; My Mother’s House by Francesca Momplaisir; and The Wondrous and Tragic Life of Ivan and Ivana by Maryse Condé
Embark, Music, Reviews, United States, Trinidad and Tobago
By Nigel Campbell ● Issue 163 (March/April 2021)
Playlist (Mar/Apr 2021) | Music reviews
This month’s listening picks from the Caribbean — featuring new music by Kalpee; Payge Turner Music; Natiruts, Ziggy Marley & Yalitza Aparicio; and Will the Wolf & X.O. Drew
Immerse, Music, People, United States, Trinidad and Tobago
By Amanda Choo Quan ● September/October 2020 • Digital Issue
Anti-stoosh: Adam “DJ foreigner” Cooper | Snapshot
From live events mixing and mashing diverse musical genres to his online Carnival Tabanca series, Trinidadian DJ Adam Cooper — also known as foreigner, based in Los Angeles — is completely reinventing what Caribbean culture can be, writes Amanda Choo Quan
Embark, Food and Cuisine, People, United States, St. Lucia
By Franka Philip ● Issue 162 (March/April 2020)
Nina Compton: “I’m going to do something different” | Cookup
Chef Nina Compton discovered her passion for cooking as a teenager in St Lucia. After winning fame on the TV show Top Chef, she’s now turning heads with two restaurants in her adopted city, New Orleans
Arrive, Arts and Architecture, Travel, United States
By Caribbean Beat ● Issue 156 (March/April 2019)
Good prospect | Personal tour
From architectural landmarks to a growing foodie scene, the Brooklyn neighbourhood of Prospect Heights — home to Trinidad-born architect Roxanne Ryce-Paul — may be rapidly gentrifying, but it still holds on to elements of its history
Business, United States, Grenada
By Mark Wilson ● Issue 46 (November/December 2000)
Calling the Caribbean
Sea Moon, on the Atlantic coast of Grenada, has a pretty name and a chequered history – sugar cane plantation, coconut grove, lime...
Embark, Food and Cuisine, United States, Trinidad and Tobago
By Franka Philip ● Issue 150 (March/April 2018)
Chef Ben ‘BJ’ Dennis: “That right there, that’s Africa” | Cookup
When US chef Ben Dennis arrived in Tobago, he was astonished to find traditional recipes that recall those of his Gullah ancestors. He talks history and heritage with Franka Philip