Grenada’s Chef Yvette LaCrette: ambassador of spices By Melissa Noel | Issue 142 (November/December 2016) Her culinary flair has made Yvette LaCrette “the Caribbean’s go-to-chef” in New York City, her home base. As Melissa Noel learns, Chef LaCrette is an always eager ambassador for the Spice Island
Caribbean Screenshots (November/December 2016) By Jonathan Ali | Issue 142 (November/December 2016) This month’s film-watching picks
Caribbean Playlist (November/December 2016) | Music Reviews By Nigel Campbell | Issue 142 (November/December 2016) This month’s listening picks
Caribbean Bookshelf (November/December 2016) | Book Reviews By Shivanee Ramlochan | Issue 142 (November/December 2016) This month’s reading picks
Dexter Webb: running addiction By Dexter Webb | Issue 142 (November/December 2016) When Trinidadian Dexter Webb decided to run the New York Marathon as a fortieth-birthday challenge, he knew it would be tough — but he didn’t guess it would also be addictive
Grenada’s Ana Granada: cool looks for hot weather By Alia Michele Orane | Issue 142 (November/December 2016) Grenadian Ana Granada turns breathable tech fabrics into cool activewear silhouettes
Word of mouth (November/December 2016) By Ray Funk | Issue 142 (November/December 2016) The Gimistory festival tells tales around Cayman, Caribbean writers headline at the Miami Book Fair, soca star Machel Montano makes his big-screen debut — and paranging till it hurts in Trinidad
Datebook | Caribbean Event Calendar (November/December 2016) By Caribbean Beat | Issue 142 (November/December 2016) Events around the Caribbean in November and December, from the Bahamas International Film Festival to a celebration of ballet in Cuba
Leroy Sibbles: “You need conscious lyrics” By Garry Steckles | Issue 142 (November/December 2016) Leroy Sibbles of the Heptones on growing up in Trench Town, the golden days of Jamaica’s Studio One, and what’s missing from today’s music — as told to Garry Steckles
Nordic routes By Nicole Smythe-Johnson | Issue 142 (November/December 2016) In the distant latitudes of Scandinavia, three artists with Caribbean roots are making hard-hitting works that ask difficult questions about history and power. Nicole Smythe-Johnson talks to Jeannette Ehlers, Michelle Eistrup, and Sasha Huber
Ever-blooming Calypso Rose By Joshua Surtees | Issue 142 (November/December 2016) She’s a musical legend: the first woman to win T&T’s Calypso Monarch title, beloved by generations of Caribbean listeners. Now her latest album is winning her fans across Europe, and taking her sixty-year career in an unexpected new direction. Joshua Surtees profiles the inimitable Calypso Rose
Woman business By Barbara Jenkins | Issue 142 (November/December 2016) Two friends in a bar, and a problem to solve. New fiction by Barbara Jenkins
Layover: Georgetown, Guyana | Layover By Caribbean Beat | Issue 142 (November/December 2016) On a business trip to Guyana’s capital with a few hours to spare? A free day to explore? Our quick guide to getting the most out of Georgetown when time is tight
An alphabet of Caribbean beaches By Caribbean Beat | Issue 142 (November/December 2016) How many amazing beaches are there in the Caribbean? Far, far too many to list. But here’s a start: a beach for every letter of the alphabet, from Anse La Roche in Carriacou to Zion Hill in Jamaica
Brooklyn, New York | Neighbourhood By Caribbean Beat | Issue 142 (November/December 2016) The unofficial Caribbean capital of North America was once an independent city, and it still feels that way. With so many museums, parks, restaurants, and neighbourhoods to explore, who needs Manhattan?
My Barbados By Nailah Folami Imoja | Issue 142 (November/December 2016) Six Barbadians from diverse backgrounds talk to Nailah Folami Imoja about their lives and work, what they love best about their home island, and their biggest hopes for the future, as Barbados marks fifty years of Independence
Who’s your granny? By James Ferguson | Issue 142 (November/December 2016) Sixty years ago, a squadron of battle-hardened guerrillas landed on Cuba’s south-east coast, launching the revolution that would soon grip the world’s imagination. And the heroically leaky boat that got them there? It was named for someone’s grandmother. James Ferguson remembers the story of Granma
Caribbean “farmer-preneurs” — back to the land By Erline Andrews | Issue 142 (November/December 2016) Agriculture is an essential industry — how else do we feed ourselves? — but traditionally has been considered back-breaking, thankless, old-fashioned work. That’s starting to change, Erline Andrews reports, as a new generation of young Caribbean “farmer-preneurs” adopt the latest technological advances in one of human-kind’s oldest activities
’Tis the season to buy local By Nazma Muller | Issue 142 (November/December 2016) Christmas is about goodwill, family, friends — and presents. But showering your loved ones with gifts doesn’t have to mean brand-name imports. Nazma Muller suggests some sustainable and very covetable Caribbean-made holiday presents
