Fanatic Kitchen is Kitchen Fantastic!

Fanatic Kitchen is a kitchen studio in Trinidad where one can have an elegant dining experience with friends while being pampered by a personal chef.

You have the option to cook right along with the chef who will guide you and give handy tips or you simply chat and sip your wine while your meal is prepared.



Our chef for the evening was the enigmatic Jason Peru who was assisted by

Lazy days and Corned Fish

Many West Indians can lay claim to a feeling of belonging to another Caribbean island by virtue of parents who would have immigrated. In my case my father came to Trinidad from Canouan. Going back to this place that I call my second home over the holidays was amazing.  In many ways this island and the people there helped shaped the person I am today.





View from the back of

Homemade Corned Beef

In some parts of the world corned beef is seen as a festive dish that is associated with St. Patrick's Day. Usually it's a cut of beef brisket that has been soaked in  brine with pickling spices, then cooked. However in Trinidad corned beef is something that comes out of a can. I can't say that I am overly fond of this salty, gelatinous, tinned meat but it is quite useful for preparing a quick

Dairy Free Chocolate Pudding (Vegan)

I know what you are thinking.

You don't have to say it.

Chocolate and avocado together, well that's just crazy!

I will admit to having reservations when I first saw the recipe.  

I also had ten fully ripened avocados. And just so you know there is only so much of this or this that a person can eat.

Chocolate and avocado though.........hmmmmm.

Hey, look it's a no cook recipe!





Niceness

Dusting the cobwebs off my blog

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Goodness gracious, it has been almost a year since I wrote anything on my blog. Some of you must have thought that I have forgotten all about it. A few people, like Stax, went a step further and found ways to contact me which was really very sweet. Others, like my friend S in Miami and D in Dallas, got on the phone and hollered at me for just 

Burfi (Indian Milk Fudge)

Divali (Diwali) is one of the most eagerly anticipated holidays of my country. Yesterday my son came home from his Catholic School with his painted clay deya (a small, clay, lamp) eager to light it right away. Great was his disappointment when I explained that he needed to wait until the the next day.

Divali is a Hindu festival but in Trinidad and Tobago it is embraced and enjoyed by

Breadfruit Oil Down

Oil down (Oil dong) is a traditional Caribbean way of cooking starchy vegetables in a coconut milk reduction. Jamaicans call it run down. In Trinidad the most popular oil down ingredient is breadfruit which technically is a fruit but for cooking purposes it is treated like a vegetable. Because the breadfruit is sweet and buttery the accompanying meat tends to be a bit of something briny like