Recordings from original event on February 14, 2021.
Sitting in the picturesque mountains of St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, athlete and chef Julius Jackson talks to us about his love of boxing and his passion for cooking. He shares stories about his early connection to food and his Caribbean travels that lead him to a life-changing dining experience. His cookbook My Modern Caribbean Kitchen is a tribute to the diversity of his favourite Caribbean food.
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Author of the cookbook Caribbean Vegan, Taymer Mason explains how easy it is to make vegan food at home that’s interesting and full of delicious flavour. A native of Barbados, Taymer is also a food scientist. She reminisces about her favourite Bajan dishes, going vegan with her father and her newly launched line of vegan food products called Island Love Gourmet.
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Bartender and Let’s Get Tropical author Georgi Radev tells us about a dining experience in Haiti that he will never forget. He also talks about the versatility of rum during a how to make a modern Planters Punch – Grog O’Clock Cocktail DEMO, a classic cocktail he describes as the Caribbean cocktail that inspired all the rest. When not travelling the Caribbean you can Georgi mixing it up at his tropical London bar Laki Kane.
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Today Chris de la Rosa, the man behind the popular cooking blog Caribbeanpot.com, tells us the story behind his passion for Caribbean food that started as a six-year-old child in Trinidad & Tobago. He also shares his love and appreciation of Caribbean ingredients like breadfruit, along with easy pantry secrets for adding Caribbean flavour to your cooking everyday.
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Interviewed by Eden Hagos founder of @blackfoodie.co
Today Caribbean Food Lovers Summit founder, Angela Lawrence shares the spotlight with her mother Fay DeLeon Lawrence, the star of their cooking blog Cook Like a Jamaican. They talk about why they started sharing their family recipes online, and their new online cooking community, the Legacy Cooking Club. Mama Fay shares the number one dish every Jamaican cook should learn first and her tips for enjoying Caribbean food everyday.
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The Trinidadian-born, Canadian-raised chef Roger Mooking is influenced by his culturally rich family background, his love of people and travel, and interest in global flavors to create new culinary experiences. Roger is best known as the host of the long running shows on the on Cooking Channel, Man Fire Food and Everyday Exotic. Today he talks with us about all the creative ways we can experience the diversity of Caribbean food and travel … and hot pepper sauce.
Jamaican sisters and business partners, Michelle and Suzanne Rousseau have spent the last 25 years exploring the style, culture and identity of the Caribbean. Their first cookbook was Caribbean Potluck: Modern Recipes from our Family Kitchen. They released their second cookbook Provisions: The Roots of Caribbean Cooking in 2018. Today Michelle talks with us about the legacy of women and Caribbean food, specifically the story of their great-grandmother who was an independent female entrepreneur ahead of her time.
As the son of a proud Puerto Rican father who was a cook, Average Guy Gourmet blogger and author Tony Rican wrote The Easy Puerto Rican Cookbook to honor him. A former pro wrestler, Tony tells us how cooking his father’s recipes reconnected him to his roots. He shares the details of his most memorable Puerto Rican meal, plus many Puerto Rican cooking secrets, including the versatility of mofongo and a sofrito tip you’ll love!
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Writer Riaz Phillips tells us about his book Belly Full: Caribbean Food in the UK that looks at the history and contribution of Caribbean food in UK culture. He also shares his most magical food experience in the mountains of Jamaica, and talks about spearheading the COVID response charity project, Community Comfort Cookbook, featuring more than 100 recipes.
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Born in Venezuela to Trinidadian parents, Rosemary Parkinson is a creative spirit who is a talented writer, photographer and painter. Rosemary, the author of Caribbean Culinaria, has lived and travelled all over the region. Today she shares her adventures of writing culinary books Nyam Jamaica while living on the island, and Barbados Bu’n Bu’n, a culinary tribute to the place where she now calls home. She also shares her own COVID recovery struggle and her passion for local Caribbean agriculture.