If you’re a fan of Ko­re­an cul­ture and cui­sine, the word ‘kim­chi’ is not un­fa­mil­iar to you. How­ev­er, for those who have nev­er heard of it, it is one of the most pop­u­lar pro­bi­ot­ic well­ness dish­es.

For many Trin­bag­o­ni­ans, like much of the rest of the world, a morn­ing cup of cof­fee is a when rather than an if. But what hap­pens when the dai­ly rit­u­al bor­ders on ad­dic­tion or habit?

A pholourie is not usu­al­ly the sort of thing one as­so­ciates with fine din­ing. It is of­ten sold from road­side stalls and ven­dors across T&T as a com­mon com­fort snack. But for Chef Sab­ri­na Nicholls, sim­plic­i­ty is nev­er enough.

The coastal com­mu­ni­ty of Care­nage, long recog­nised for its fish­ing her­itage and pop­u­lar lo­cal dish­es such as fish broth, roast fish and boni­to pelau, is set to high­light its culi­nary tra­di­tions and com­mu­ni­ty spir­it at an all-day food fes­ti­val lat­er this month.

If based in Bei­jing, there are cer­tain cul­tur­al touch­points you must vis­it when in Chi­na. We’ve al­ready been to the Great Wall; now you need to vis­it the For­bid­den City.

By Ál­varo Sánchez Cordero, Am­bas­sador of the Bo­li­var­i­an Re­pub­lic of Venezuela to the Re­pub­lic of Trinidad and To­ba­go

High in Trinidad’s Cen­tral Range, the vil­lage of Los Ata­jos—Span­ish for “short­cut” — sits serene­ly along Bras­so Tamana Road, near Flana­gin Town.

Rash­es in Trinidad & To­ba­go are main­ly due to heat, dirt or al­ler­gy. In­fec­tious caus­es such as measles and Ger­man measles have al­most en­tire­ly been erad­i­cat­ed by the Min­istry of Health’s im­mu­ni­sa­tion pro­grammes. The on­ly “old-time” rash hang­ing around is chick­en­pox. There may or may not be an out­break of chick­en­pox start­ing in T&T if you be­lieve the news­pa­pers and some par­ents, but if the Min­istry of Health knows any­thing else, they are not say­ing. There is a vac­cine that pre­vents chick­en­pox, but it is not of­fered rou­tine­ly in T&T.

Most peo­ple wor­ry about their heart. Some wor­ry about their blood sug­ar, can­cer, cho­les­terol, blood pres­sure or the mys­te­ri­ous ache that ap­pears af­ter the age of forty and nev­er en­tire­ly leaves.

Af­ter con­ced­ing death as his fi­nal op­tion fol­low­ing a ma­jor ac­ci­dent in 2018 that left him par­tial­ly dis­abled, Dale Moolchan stands to­day as liv­ing tes­ti­mo­ny that faith, de­ter­mi­na­tion and a strong will can car­ry a per­son through even the most dev­as­tat­ing of cir­cum­stances.

Fa­thers of­ten share spe­cial bonds with their chil­dren. For 80-year-old Chanka Ram­rat­tan, that bond is a shared love for fit­ness and ex­er­cise with his 46-year-old son Nari.

There are eas­i­er ways to spend a hol­i­day than hik­ing through freez­ing tem­per­a­tures, gasp­ing for breath at 12,500 feet above sea lev­el and stand­ing with­in sight of one of the most ac­tive vol­ca­noes in the world.