By Franka Philip ● Issue 155 (January/February 2019)
Coco Loco | Cookup
A longtime traditional ingredient in Caribbean cuisine, coconut is enjoying a new popularity, thanks to health trends. Franka Philip considers the potential for culinary innovations. Coconut flour, anyone? Coconut vinegar?
Immerse, Culture, Festivals and Events, Trinidad and Tobago
By Caribbean Beat ● Issue 155 (January/February 2019)
Beauty and the Beast | Panorama
T&T Carnival may be the world’s greatest street party, but among the glamourous bikini bands and shimmering sequins, some traditional masquerades offer a defiant take on the darker side of our history
By Laura Dowrich-Phillips ● Issue 155 (January/February 2019)
Dennery Style | Backstory
If you have ears to listen at Carnival time, you’ve heard Dennery Segment, even if you don’t know the name. Laura Dowrich explores the roots of the soca genre originating in a small village in St Lucia
Immerse, Culture, Music, People
By Attillah Springer ● Issue 155 (January/February 2019)
The Mighty Shadow | Icon
Attillah Springer writes a letter to T&T’s late calypsonian-philosopher
Immerse, Arts and Architecture, People, Barbados
By Shereen Ali ● Issue 155 (January/February 2019)
Adam Patterson: barbed beauty | Closeup
For Barbadian artist Adam Patterson, masquerade and performance are mediums for challenging Caribbean stereotypes, writes Shereen Ann Ali
Immerse, Literature, People, Trinidad and Tobago
By Nicholas Laughlin ● Issue 155 (January/February 2019)
Claire Adam: “I’ve always felt, ask me where I’m from!” | Own words
Claire Adam, Trinidad-born novelist, on learning to observe, the usefulness of honest criticism, and the notion of “home” — as told to Nicholas Laughlin
Arrive, Travel, Cuba, Curacao, Suriname, Jamaica, The Bahamas, Trinidad and Tobago
By Caribbean Beat ● Issue 155 (January/February 2019)
All about blue | Round trip
Is any colour more distinctive of the Caribbean? Take a tour of the region through our many hues and shades of blue
Arrive, Culture, Travel, Lifestyle, British Virgin Islands
By Caribbean Beat ● Issue 155 (January/February 2019)
Road Town, Tortola | Neighbourhood
A year and a half after the devastation of Hurricane Irma, the capital of the British Virgin Islands is back in the business of welcoming visitors