| The Trinidad and Tobago cuisine is an artful blend of | | | | through out the islands. Macaroni Pie is another |
| Amerindian, African, European, Indian, Creole, | | | | popular trini recipes that has a base of macaroni |
| Lebanese and Chinese flavor influences. These | | | | baked with eggs and cheese. Then the chef can add |
| Trinidad and Tobago recipes all rely heavily on spices | | | | an array of herbs, spices and meats to make |
| and herbs to give them their unique taste. Their | | | | whatever trini recipe they desire. Cascadu are a local |
| recipes are also known as Trinidad recipes or trini | | | | delicacy and fresh water fish. The legend of the |
| recipes for short. One of the most well known | | | | island is that any local who eat the fish will return to |
| Trinidad recipes is curry chicken and roti. This trini | | | | Trinidad in the after life. There are a multitude of |
| recipe was brought over to the islands in the 19th | | | | freshly prepared street foods in Trinidad and Tobago. |
| century by indentured slaves from India. Curry is a | | | | These streets foods follow trini recipes that include |
| staple spice in many Trinidad and Tobago recipes | | | | doubles, shark and phulourie, corn soup, curried |
| including curry crab, shrimp, duck and aloo (potato). | | | | shrimp roti and geera chicken. |
| Curry chicken is placed on skewers and served with | | | | Also served as street foods are other Trinidad and |
| a tomato chutney vinaigrette and eggplant relish. A | | | | Tobago recipes such as ray oysters served with a |
| Trinidad recipe that has its roots in Africa is called | | | | sweet and spicy hot sauce. Trini recipes also rely |
| callaloo. This spicy and creamy side dish gets its | | | | heavily on several different pepper sauces such as |
| flavor from the herb thyme, cilantro, French thistle | | | | curry mango, breadnut (chataigne), pumpkin, channa |
| and dasheen leaves mixed with okra, crab and | | | | or mango kuchela. There are also an array of pies |
| coconut milk. Many trini recipes include the use of the | | | | with fresh spice and herbs filled with fish, cheese, |
| fresh fish that can be caught on the islands including | | | | beef and potato. Many neighborhoods have a pie |
| kin fish, flying fish, carite, red fish, sapatay, lobster | | | | man who is the propitiate of the neighborhood pies. |
| and crab. Tobago recipes are dominated by seafood | | | | Then there is the trini recipe version of a hotdog |
| but mostly by curried crab. | | | | vendor that serves pows, which are steamed buns |
| Tobagonians are well know for the provisions, soups | | | | filled with meat, most popularly pork. |
| and stews, which are referred to as blue food | | | | |