"Taste of T&T" set for February 18th & 25th
The Green Market in Santa Cruz is set to host “Taste of T&T” on Saturday, the first of its two-weekend celebration of Trinidad and Tobago’s diverse culinary traditions. The event starts at 7 am and goes on to 1 pm. Patrons can explore a wide range of T&T’s most famous foods.
“The Green Market has always celebrated the Carnival season by highlighting the country’s traditions,” explains Vicki Assevero, founder of the Green Market. “In previous years, we’ve brought Carnival characters to enchant our patrons, visitors and especially children. This year we are focusing on the flavours that make T&T’s food so diverse and so unlike any other cuisine in the world.”
Local chef Jason Peru shared the words of global food blogger David Hoffmann. “He was saying that T&T should market itself as the food capital of the Caribbean,” Peru noted. “He was struck by how colourful and diverse the food is and how much it mirrors the vitality of the culture and the people.”
For the next two Saturdays (February 18 and February 25), patrons of the Green Market can expect to find moko jumbies and blue devils alongside Brian, Narvin and Peter’s award-winning chows, Joann’s callaloo and coocoo, Yolande’s pelau, Gary’s crispy skin pork, and Candace’s Chinese bao.
A Taste of T&T will also feature the arts and crafts of the country’s talented artisans—jewellery in the form of local fruits, colourful leather footwear and earrings, African-inspired bags and wraps, and soaps and perfumes infused with local herbs and spices.
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