Kwame Onwuachi: Traveling to Trinidad with Papa | Tasting Home | Part 1 | Food & Wine

Top Chef alum and Food & Wine Executive Producer Kwame Onwuachi traces his culinary roots by traveling to Trinidad, Jamaica, Louisiana, and Texas in this three-part series. In this episode of "Tasting Home," Kwame reunites with his Grandfather (Papa Winston) as they embark on a journey to Trinidad, the land of doubles, geera pork, and fried shark. "We arrived in Port of Spain and stepped directly into history. Trinidad and its twin island state, Tobago, have been deeply imprinted by centuries of colonialism and bloodshed from British, French, and Spanish occupation; the importation of Indian labor and African slaves; and the exploitation of indigenous Carib and Taino cultures. The less-terrible legacy of all of this is that the culture has been blitzed into an astonishing and vibrant mix. You can trace a straight line from the fluffy plates of cou-cou, a polenta made of cornmeal and okra, back to African slaves who arrived in the 18th century. There are French riffs on dishes that are chopped and screwed through the patois and come out a thousand times better and spicier, like buljol, a salt cod, pepper, and tomato salad. Thanks to the large Indian population, spicy pholourie, an evolution of pakora, and golden fried mashed potato pockets called aloo pie are hawked on every street corner. Cumin, a staple in the Indian pantry, is here called geera and used in my favorite Trini dish ever: chunks of spicy-as-hell geera pork." #KwameOnwuachi #Trinidad #Food #Family 0:00 Introduction 0:30 Rosie's Bakery 1:58 I & G's Just Right Foods 3:09 Sauce on D'Ave 4:00 Savannah Market 5:03 Maracas Beach 5:55 Santa Cruz 6:40 St. James 8:20 Hott Shoppe 8:59 Reflecting on the Trip to Trinidad 9:59 Visiting Family in Diamond Vale Diego Martin 10:58 Conclusion Read more: https://www.foodandwine.com/travel/kw... Chickpea Doubles with Tamarind and Scotch Bonnet Pepper Sauce (Full Recipe): https://www.foodandwine.com/recipes/c... Thanks for watching! Subscribe to the Food & Wine YouTube channel by clicking here: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_c... or the subscribe button above—and don’t forget to turn on notifications by clicking on the bell. For more great videos, check out: —Beat The Receipt is the only affordable cooking challenge that gives a pro chef and a food influencer $20 each to shop for and cook a meal for two using the same main ingredient! https://bit.ly/35jMcrF — Food & Wine serves up delicious dinner inspirations, recipes, and how-tos: https://bit.ly/2OjqwT9 More ways to follow Food & Wine: Instagram:   / foodandwine   Facebook:   / foodandwine   Twitter:   / foodandwine   Website: https://www.foodandwine.com Subscribe to Food & Wine: https://www.magazine.store/food-and-w... Food & Wine inspires and empowers our wine- and food-obsessed community to eat, drink, entertain, and travel better—every day and everywhere. Tag us on Instagram @foodandwine for a chance to be regrammed.