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By Chris De La Rosa PRIDE Cuisine Specialist This is one fella you can take out of the Caribbean, but you can never take the “Caribbean” out of him. I’ve had the opportunity to dine in various countries / restaurants ...

By Chris De La Rosa PRIDE Cuisine Specialist Here’s one of those classic Caribbean curry dishes done a little different, to free up your time in the kitchen. Curry Duck is a hit on the islands, especially in Trinidad and ...

By Chris De La Rosa PRIDE Cuisine Specialist I may have mentioned in previous ‘fish’ recipe posts that as a young fella on the islands (along with my siblings) we had NO luv for fish or any sort of seafood, except ...

By Chris De La Rosa PRIDE Cuisine Specialist We’ve grilled them, done a sort of “oven BBQ” during the winter and this coming summer I plan on doing a classic smoked/jerk over a charcoal fire, but for now I’d like ...

By Chris De La Rosa PRIDE Cuisine Specialist While I did plan to share this recipe a while back, it was only after I received a request via Instagram did I actually get in the kitchen with chicken wings and camera ...

By Chris De La Rosa PRIDE Cuisine Specialist When it comes to BBQ and grilling in the Caribbean, we usually stick to more traditional things, like ‘jerk” and your everyday grilled chicken and other meats glazed store bought BBQ sauce. ...

By Chris De La Rosa PRIDE Cuisine Specialist A while back I did a more traditional recipe of this “fried” channa (chickpeas), except it was not fried but done in the oven for a more healthy twist. And I know many ...

By Chris De La Rosa PRIDE Cuisine Specialist Curry wasn’t cooked often in our home when we were growing up (dad was not a fan of curry), especially pork. Mom’s go-to recipe when it came to pork was either stewed (stewed ...

By Chris De La Rosa PRIDE Cuisine Specialist We’ll not be using the traditional method of making classic Jamaican jerk pork as I know how difficult it is to get pimento wood. We’ll take classic jerk spices and flavor ingredients and ...

By Chris De La Rosa PRIDE Cuisine Specialist No joke.. I disliked roast (grilled) corn as a boy on the islands and even today it’s not something I  automatically prepare when sweet corn is in season here in Ontario. I ...