Sweet TnT Magazine Trinidad and Tobago Culture

Star fruit, five fingers or carambola is in season now. It makes a very nice chow or tastes great on its own when ripened. Here is a fruit salad recipe using this local favourite that will help you stay away from those breakfast sausages during Lent. Estimated preparation time: 10 …

Everyone wants perfect skin and that’s not surprising. There’s a lot you cannot change about your skin – characteristics that are inherent but then again there’s a lot that you can change too! Your lifestyle plays a major role in the way your skin looks and feels. Your activities, your …

Azerbaijani author Emiliya Ahmadova lives in Trinidad, has been a scout leader, volunteered in the house for aged people and inspires people for positive changes. Hearing about the plight of Venezuelan victims of trafficking she decided to write a book called Caribbean Tears. It covers all issues that are happening in your society …

Karlon St Bernard created an online database where citizens of Trinidad and Tobago can search for a taxi/maxi driver in real-time through their license plate and leave reviews. In this way, passengers can know their drivers before travelling and feel safe on the road. Karlon shares more about his service. …

By LaShaun Ramdin Interviews are a two-way street. Your potential employer is asking you questions to learn about you and your skills. In return, you need to prepare questions to ask your potential employer about the position, your boss and the company in order to be sure that this is …

At Bristol House Miniatures, our focus is on creating art which tells the architectural and cultural stories of life in Trinidad and Tobago during times past. Our products, therefore, are art collectables designed and built with an adult target market in mind, especially to those who constitute our Trinbagonian diaspora. …

By Grant Lumkong. “I am a 17-year-old Trini-American tennis player with a passion for raising awareness about sports-related concussion.” Football was my obsession, but now you’ll find me on the tennis court. Like many athletes today, the risk of recurrent concussions knocked me into a non-contact sport. As a child …

By Marika Mohammed. “Where’s that?” someone asked when I indicated that’s where I was for the weekend. It’s real far, but it’s nice. Emerald waters, long drive and fun for so. Guayaguayare, more locally known as Guaya, is far from most people’s mind. Who could blame them? It doesn’t have …

Three or four leaves of chadon beni will make your peas, meat, fish, soya, mango chow or pepper sauce perfect. Most West Indians sing the praises of the strong smelling herb that is usually freshly picked from backyards around the Caribbean. Even though chadon beni or shadow beni grows wildly …

By Ronell Bridgemohan, Phd Research Assistant at University of Florida. “Water quality and quantity are critical issues for Caribbean islands, especially after storm events and subsequent flooding. Increasing levels of fecal pollution pose a potential economic constraint and hardship … I have personally been affected by water borne pathogens and …