Trinidad is the larger of the two main islands that form the Trinidad and Tobago, located just a few kilometers off the coast of Venezuela. The name, given by Columbus, means “trinity” in Spanish. It used to be a British colony until gaining independence in 1962. Only about 60,000 of its about one million inhabitants [...]

I have to confess that only after I had cooked this dish I found out that besides Dominican Republic, there is also a country called Dominica. The adjective “Dominican” can refer to both (though according to Wikipedia it is pronounced in a different way!) so I’m not sure whether this dish is supposedly from Dominica [...]

Ecuador is a small country in the North-Eastern part of South America. As you can guess, the name comes from the Equator, which is why I always try to write it with a q Ecuador is probably best known for the Galápagos islands, the home to giant tortoises and other memorable animals. Last year I [...]

Kenya is a country in East Africa, which also has some coastline. Popular ingredients in Kenyan cuisine include fish, millet, sorghum, greens, taro, cassava, tomatoes, peppers, pumpkin sweet potatoes, and black-eyed beans. Meat has apparently been traditionally reserved for special occasions. Some of the food can be quite spicy similar to Indian food and coconut [...]

“If there were a Cuban food & Thai food soft focus, falling-in-love montage, Malaysian food would be that montage. In my mouf.” said @ckwinny on Twitter yesterday. The idea of Cuban cuisine meets Thai cuisine seems a bit weird to me, but living in Asia perhaps she has a better idea of it than I [...]

The Uruguayan cuisine has been heavily influenced by the Mediterranean ones. Other influences include Germany, Russia (and other countries nearby it) and Africa. Who would have thought? Popular foods in Uruguay include sausages, steaks, pies, pastries, barbeques and some Italian foods like pastas, polenta, pizza and farinata – the latter two peculiarly even together! They [...]