Tag: Trinidad And Tobago

Tobago Festivals: Top Picks

For more on Tobago, visit the special Tempting Tobago promotion. Tobago’s exciting festival calendar is such a mix of classic events and new additions. Go

Trinidad’s Carnival Celebration

See photos of the world’s wildest Carnival celebration! All photos courtesy of Jim Stephens/Good Times Production.

What Carnival in Trinidad is Really Like

I’M LYING IN THE STREET. MY ORANGE HEADPIECE WITH PINK FEATHERS HAS FALLEN over my nose. A frantic drumbeat pounds through my chest. Orange-and-pink-costumed dancers

World’s Best Chocolate

For many Trinidadians, cocoa means much more than chocolate: it’s the island’s history, and a way of life. These photographs illustrate Ramin Ganeshram’s article _More

Taste Trinidad’s Chocolate

Trinidadian cacao is used to produce some of the best-tasting chocolate you can buy—it’s revered by many as “the best chocolate in the world.” For

More Than Chocolate

The world’s finest cocoa surrounds me. As prized and rare as beluga caviar. Holding seeds of gold that fetch exorbitant prices on the international market.

Best Jobs In the Islands

Some of the best island jobs are in the Caribbean – where else can you find a paid position up in the trees, down on

Island Recipes: Fried Plantains

SERVES 4 **– 3 large ripe plantains – 1 tablespoon canola oil – 1 tablespoon butter – 1/4-teaspoon cinnamon Garnish (Optional)** – 1/2-cup sour cream

Island Recipes: Breadfruit “Oil-Down”

Breadfruit is a starchy tree fruit that was a mainstay for slaves and indentured laborers because it was filling but cheap for plantation owners to

Island Recipes: Smoked Jerk Chicken

This is a wonderful barbecue dish and travels well for picnics too. In the mountains of both Trinidad and Jamaica, curing meat in herbs and

Island Recipes: Caribbean Patties

Makes 12 Meat patties, or particularly beef patties, are largely credited to Jamaica, but they are made in most of the English-speaking Caribbean, using whatever

Island Recipes: Paramin Green Seasoning

The area of Paramin, perched breathtakingly high atop the mountains of Trinidad’s Northern Range, is the herb basket of the country. The steeply sloped hillsides

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