I have decided to share the recipes of the Caribbean dishes I enjoy. Many of the dishes are available in restaurants  and takeaways around the country but there are dishes which are no longer being cooked. I feel if we do not continue to cook these dishes they will be lost to a generation.



It would be good if people of all cultures attempted these dishes. They are not difficult to cook. Some of them may take a bit of time to prepare, but the execution is often easy to achieve, and with practice easy to master. I have been to a few Caribbean restaurants but I often find that they try to “water down” the dishes and make them more European. This takes away from the authenticity of the dish. Take away restaurants fare a lot better. Their dishes are definitely more authentic.



I don’t know why restaurants do this because I work with other cultures and they love our dishes just the way they should be. I once helped out at a fate which was held at my nephews primary school. We cooked authentic Caribbean food and our stall was the first to sell out. More surprisingly for me was that the people buying the food were predominately European.



I hope everyone will enjoy cooking these dishes and if there are any dishes they would like the recipes for please feel free to contact me.  Also if there are any dishes Caribbean dishes you would like to share with us , please feel free to contact me. I will cook it and put it on the site.



Many of the dishes I will be showcasing are dishes which I ate as a child growing up in England. My parents were originally from St Lucia in the Caribbean. They arrived in England in the late fifties, early sixties. They found that many of the ingredients which they had eaten in St Lucia were not easily available in  England. So they sometimes had to prepare dishes which were a  combination of English and Caribbean ingredients. However my mother often made food which originated in the Caribbean and I just loved the smell and taste of these foods.



Due to slavery and then indentured workers the Caribbean have a vast diversity of cultures. People from Africa , Asia and Europe have all left a legacy of vast cultures and food. It is not unusual to find food from Asia and Africa or Europe eaten side by side.


I hope everyone will enjoy cooking these dishes and if there are any dishes they would like the recipes for please feel free to contact me.