Bread is a staple for breakfast. We make toast and sandwiches with it, and it comes in handy when you are looking for something to eat and don’t want to spend a lot of time making a meal. In recent times, the prices have risen. If your household eats bread …
Read More »Free Wi-Fi is not as safe as you think
Identity theft has become a concern of most people nowadays. It used to be that the risks were mostly associated with the improper disposal of bank or credit card statements. Just as with nature, identity thieves have evolved with time. One of the newest trends is the use of free …
Read More »Banana bread quick and easy recipe
Here is a surprisingly fast and simple way to use those over ripe bananas that you may find lying around the kitchen from time to time. These over ripe bananas are best to use for banana bread. The yellow peels should be at least half brown and the inside of …
Read More »Corn fritters another great idea for corn
Aside from the popular corn soup, roasted and boiled corn, there are many other things that you can try. During certain times of the year corn is available almost everywhere. From supermarkets, green grocers to vendors at almost every traffic light, you could see corn for sale. Here is a …
Read More »A view of Fort James in Tobago
By Annisa Phillip. One of the historical sites in beautiful Tobago, Fort James, like other forts in the country is known for an epic panoramic view. Fort James was built in the early 1760s by our European colonisers, changing hands between the British, French and the militia, like a baton in …
Read More »Green fig and beetroot punch recipes
By Annisa Phillip. When my sister-in-law handed me the bunch of green bananas I instantly thought provision and salt fish for lunch tomorrow and green fig salad with lunch on Sunday. I had another interesting thought sometime thereafter, green fig punch. I then wondered about its taste, texture and if the …
Read More »How to save money on a low income
Another year begins and you have not even completed your last year’s resolution to save money while making just enough to get you by. This can be very frustrating as you have failed to fulfil a promise that you made to yourself once again. Well it’s a New Year and …
Read More »Down memory lane to Granville Beach
By Felesha Parboo. As a child growing up, I always remembered going to Granville with my family. My grandparents and most of my mom’s family lived there, so it was basically moving from house to house until we reached the beach. At my grandparents’ home, there were astonishing varieties of dogs, …
Read More »Fun family vacation in Tobago
Photo: Marissa Armoogam. The Ali family enjoys the water in a pool at Crown Point, Tobago. Aadam wearing snorkel gear, Khaleel in orange swim shorts, Elaina in blue life jacket and Sabeera in orange life jacket, all ready for an early morning swim. You can never catch them in the water …
Read More »Hosay in St James – then and now
By Jevan Soyer. During my teenage years, Hosay was an event that my friends and I looked out for with great anticipation. In hindsight it may have been for all the wrong reasons. As they say with age comes reason. As you see back in those days we saw it as …
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