By Nerissa Hosein. This year my family decided to take a vacation down to Bacasa Beach House in Matelot. I had really never been down on that side of the island so it was an adventure. The drive to the beach house was almost four hours from our home in San …
Read More »The mammy apple one of my favourites
By Marika Mohammed. I know it as mammy apple. This fruit creates a buzz when I give it to someone to eat. Many people may have heard of it but never seen or taste it while others may not even know of its existence. What is a mammy apple? It has …
Read More »Love thy neighbour like a Trini would
By Marissa Armoogam. The people in Trinidad are well known for our tremendous love of celebrations and public holidays, actually we look forward to any time that allows us to step away from work and relax for a bit (I have personally witnessed offices and schools closed due to “Hurricane Watch” …
Read More »Long time snacks very interesting and delicious
By Marissa Armoogam. This year at the start of August vacation my children made what sounded like a mandatory list of places they would like to go, things they’d like to get and numerous daily request for snacks and junk food. So in my attempt to try to fulfill these very …
Read More »Liming in Gasparee Caves ‘Down De Islands’
By Chantelle Wilson. I have always heard about the famous Gasparee Caves Down the Islands and for a long time I really wanted to go. Earlier this year, I went by my hairdresser and one of her clients was talking about how she and her church group recently had a lime …
Read More »Hot pepper – turn up the heat
By Annisa Phillip. Roti, doubles, pholourie, pelau, Japs and wantons. What is the one thing that they each have in common? Oh how Trinis love pepper. Pepper sauce is one condiment that every food establishment has to have available so as to have even a marginal chance at prosperity. I remember …
Read More »Green fig for the Trini soul
By Marissa Armoogam. Living in the Caribbean has awarded many of us the opportunity to relish in the bounty of the earth and all the goodies she has to offer. The warm sunshine and rich soil pair well together and help bring forth some of the most mouth-watering fruit and vegetation …
Read More »Fruit bouquets by Daniella Dalton
By Kielon Hilaire. When you look at a banana what is the first thing you think of? Okay, bad example. Now consider staring at an apple, a pear and a watermelon, mouth-watering fresh and ripe to their core. Now what do you see? Many people would see nothing beyond an assortment …
Read More »Friendly people an endangered species
By Marissa Armoogam. Invitingly warm sunshine, beautiful beaches, enticing foods and a friendly rainbow people are all that make Trinidad and Tobago the beautiful twin isle we are. The latter of these traits however (friendly rainbow people) is rapidly becoming an endangered species. As we hurl towards becoming a first world …
Read More »Sickle Cell awareness: Help a child who can’t play
Nelaja Alphonse, founder of the Sickle Cell Awareness Foundation of Trinidad and Tobago, shares with readers of Sweet TnT Magazine the story behind her foundation that aims to fight Sickle Cell Anaemia and Sickle Cell trait that can affect anyone from birth. Her mission to make people aware of the …
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