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A FOOD TRADITION

Trinidadian and Tobagonian Creole Cuisine

A multicultural island cooking tradition blending West African, Indigenous, European, and Caribbean influences across Trinidad and Tobago.

Dishes linked to this cuisine

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Bake and Shark

A Trinidadian street-food sandwich of fried bake filled with seasoned fried shark and typically finished with fresh vegetables and condiments.

Black Cake

A Guyanese richly dark fruit cake made from soaked dried fruit, butter, sugar, eggs, wheat flour, and warming baking spices.

Brown Stew Fish

A Jamaican fish dish in which seasoned fish is browned and simmered in a savory sauce with aromatics and vegetables.

Buljol

A seasoned Trinidadian salad of flaked salted fish mixed with onion, tomato, sweet pepper, garlic, and oil.

Callaloo

A Trinidadian leafy stew made with callaloo leaves, okra, coconut milk, aromatics, and sometimes crab, usually simmered until thick and tender.

Cassava Pone

A dense Barbadian baked pudding made from grated cassava, coconut, sugar, butter, milk, and warm spices.

Coconut Bake

Coconut Bake is a Dominican enriched bread made from wheat flour, coconut milk, sugar, leavening, and fat, then baked or cooked until firm and lightly browned.

Coconut Ice Cream

A chilled frozen dessert made primarily from coconut milk and coconut cream sweetened with sugar.

Corn Soup

A hot, gently simmered soup combining sweet corn with vegetables and a lightly seasoned broth.

Cow Heel Soup

A slow-simmered Trinidadian soup combining tender cow heel with split peas, root vegetables, aromatics, and dumplings.

Crab and Callaloo

A Trinidadian stew combining crab with callaloo leaves, okra, coconut milk, pumpkin, and seasoned aromatics.

Curry Crab and Dumplings

A Trinidadian curry of crab simmered with aromatics and coconut milk and served with soft wheat-flour dumplings.

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