Fusion is a word used frequently, yet few may realize that what many call fusion, Trinidadians call “trying a thing.” Fusion is in our Trinidadian DNA. Trinidad and Tobago is the ultimate melting pot with over half a millenia of “fusion” from the Americas, Europe, Africa and Asia. Fusion is reflected in our people, in our intermixing of culture and definitely in our food. In all of my travels, I have not experienced any country where a multitude of cultures mix so effortlessly. Pelau, Callaloo and Bake and Shark barely scratch the surface because there is Indo-Trini, Afro-Trini, Trini-Chinese, Trini-Gyros, Trini-Sushi, Trini-Thai and the list goes on.
And that’s why this website was created: to pay homage to our ancestors by archiving those classic inter-generational recipes, to follow in their footsteps by creating as they did using the ingredients that were readily available and to introduce the world to Trinidadian Cuisine.
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