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Just as my travels to the Caribbean net my wife beer and coffee treats, so too do my kids benefit with sweets. Their favorite: Chocolat Elot from Martinique.

Trinidad Scorpion Pepper Sauce is among the hottest condiments in the world and definitely not for the soft or faint of heart.

The most famous sandwich to come out of the Caribbean is arguably a meaty monster known simply as El Cubano.

Trinidad is the Street Food Capital of the Caribbean in my biased opinion. A tasty hybrid of roti and doubles that I found there recently further confirms this.

Here's an easy recipe for making mango chutney, plus a few reasons why you'll want to include it in everything worth eating...

In case you needed another reminder that's life's too short, I humbly submit to you Puerto Rico's Heladeria Lares.

Editor's note: The Crucian Contessa is back with a lobster salad treat for us to try our hands at mastering to bring a taste of the West Indies to our homes!

Like Currant Rolls, Kurma represents yet another sweet and tasty Trini treat that somehow eluded me during my childhood. Here's why...

Salted Cod Fish Cakes are a true taste of Barbados made better with a rum-based dipping sauce. Paul Yellin, aka: The Rhum Chef, shares recipes for both.