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Creamy, garlicky, and wholesome, this Trinidad Eddoes Choka is a healthy carb side dish made with boiled eddoes, culantro, and garlic-infused oil. Eddoes Choka is one of those dishes that rarely makes the spotlight, but when it does, it steals...

This week’s Sunday lunch actually began on Saturday. I cooked on Saturday instead of Sunday so I could rest the next day—and maybe catch up on the five weeks of Sunday Lunch Chronicles I’m behind on. It was also my...

The plan for this weekend was supposed to be simple — even a day off. My younger daughter had just moved back into college, and once we got her settled in, I expected to stay with my husband in the...

This wholesome Trinidad-style Bhagi recipe combines spinach, green pigeon peas, and ochro simmered with coconut, cumin, and garlic. A comforting Caribbean vegetable dish rooted in Indo-Trinidadian tradition, it’s perfect with roti, rice, or curries. This Bhagi recipe with peas and...

This week I almost broke my first rule of these Sunday lunches—I almost cooked the same meal twice! That’s what cravings and favorite combinations can do to the best of us. I was craving a simple menu: effortless (in my...

Growing up in Trinidad, fried plantains were always on the table — whether at breakfast with tomatoes and saltfish and fried bake, alongside Sunday lunch with stewed chicken, beans and rice, or as a quick snack when I wanted something...

This week’s Sunday lunch was unlike any other. For the first time in decades, I was cooking only for myself—and it felt both unfamiliar and strangely freeing. After days of indecision and flipping through mental menus—hops bread and lo mein?...

In this rich, comforting Trinidad-style curry, tender cubes of beef are simmered in a seasoned curry sauce with potatoes. This dish is full of bold Trini flavor—thanks to green seasoning, hot pepper, and a touch of roasted ground cumin—and comes...

This curried canned sardines with potatoes is a quick, affordable Trinidadian meal made in under 20 minutes with pantry staples. Perfect with sada roti, rice, or ground provisions. One quiet Sunday, just after returning from a short vacation, I found...

This Guyanese Mango Sour is tangy, spicy, and packed with flavor—perfect for pholourie, cassava balls, or chicken feet. Made with half-ripe mangoes and traditional spices. A Flavorful Taste of Guyana Guyanese Mango Sour is one of those iconic condiments that...