“I love my country with a passion and this was my way of showing it off… Times have changed from when I was a child. Family life has been lost to technology. I chose to make the book since I consider family time to be an integral part of our …
Read More »Blood sugar spikes – signs and 6 lifestyle changes
“Your blood sugar is high and you need to change your lifestyle drastically.” These are the dreadful words many people hear from their doctors. For some, it has reached the point where they depend on Metformin, insulin injection, extreme exercise, and a tasteless diet. Other people who catch the blood …
Read More »Tableland food fiesta – supporting local farmers
By Marika Mohammed. In the rural area of Tableland, a variety of exotic fruits were displayed for sampling and purchasing. It was quite a wild ride as the turnout exceeded one’s imagination in this small community. It was a tourist hot spot fit for locals. There were so many things to …
Read More »Granny’s homemade coconut sweetbread
Coconut sweetbread has played an important role in lives of everyone’s childhood here in the Caribbean. We all have memories of grating our fingers every weekend as we laboured in anticipation of our favourite snack. If you didn’t eat the majority of the coconut while grating it, the reward was …
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 »Vendors at traffic lights on the highway
“Nuts, nuts, salt and fresh,” is the call of the Rastafarian nuts vendors on the streets of Trinidad and Tobago. They can be seen walking in between vehicles at red traffic lights on the main road and highway selling their snacks to commuters. Some even offer the goodies on the …
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