The Culinary Institute of America

The Culinary Institute of America’s Chef Tod Kawachi demonstrates how to make a flatbread pizza topped with oxtail, Kikkoman hoisin sauce, summer vegetables and fromage blanc. Chef Tod uses rich and succulent oxtail braised with the umami-rich hoisin sauace. This meat and sauce mixture forms the base of the pizza. To balance these rich flavors, Chef Tod adds fresh and bright vegetables, including asparagus, corn, and red onions. He also tosses baby arugula with rice vinegar to top off the pizza with a peppery and acidic finish. This video series was created by the Culinary Institute of America as an industry service for Kikkoman USA. Recipes and more information can be found online at www.CIAprochef.com.

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We leave the islands reluctantly, but with memories of Puerto Rico’s empanadillas de jueyes, Jamaica’s curried goat, and the tangy condiments that season Trinidad and Tobago’s bake and shark. We return home with taste memories and ideas that will serve as inspiration for a lifetime of good eating.

For recipes, visit www.ciaprochef.com/WCA7

We leave the islands reluctantly, but with memories of Puerto Rico’s empanadillas de jueyes, Jamaica’s curried goat, and the tangy condiments that season Trinidad and Tobago’s bake and shark. We return home with taste memories and ideas that will serve as inspiration for a lifetime of good eating.

For recipes, visit www.ciaprochef.com/WCA7

No visit to the Caribbean would be complete without a sip or two of rum punch. Port of Spain in Trinidad is home to Angostura, internationally known for its bitters. Angostura’s Chief Mixologist Raymond Edwards, demonstrates to us how to make traditional rum punch.

For recipes, visit www.ciaprochef.com/WCA7

No visit to the Caribbean would be complete without a sip or two of rum punch. Port of Spain in Trinidad is home to Angostura, internationally known for its bitters. Angostura’s Chief Mixologist Raymond Edwards, demonstrates to us how to make traditional rum punch.

For recipes, visit www.ciaprochef.com/WCA7

On Trinidad's sister Island Tobago, everyone's essential beach treat is crab and dumplings, and Miss Trim’s is the place to indulge. Here's we find a plate of curried crab atop a large, flat, oblong dumpling that is there to sop up some of the curry. It’s a perfect Creole dish: the curry is Indian, the crab comes from local waters, and the dense flour dumpling adds the African touch. Chef Debra Sardinha-Metivier demonstrates how to make crab and dumplings in her kitchen.

For recipes, visit www.ciaprochef.com/WCA7

On Trinidad's sister Island Tobago, everyone's essential beach treat is crab and dumplings, and Miss Trim’s is the place to indulge. Here's we find a plate of curried crab atop a large, flat, oblong dumpling that is there to sop up some of the curry. It’s a perfect Creole dish: the curry is Indian, the crab comes from local waters, and the dense flour dumpling adds the African touch. Chef Debra Sardinha-Metivier demonstrates how to make crab and dumplings in her kitchen.

For recipes, visit www.ciaprochef.com/WCA7

No trip to Trinidad's Maracas Bay beach is complete without a taste of bake and shark. As one person put it, “bake and shark is to a beach outing what plum pudding is to Christmas – essential!” At Richard's Bake and Shark we get a sample and a lesson in preparing the fried bread known as bakes. Bake and shark sandwiches are topped with an assortment of condiments, including pineapple, garlic sauce, chutneys, tamarind sauce, and shaved mango seasoned with chile and mustard oil called kuchela. All are layered on the sandwich to the diner’s taste and then consumed with gusto.

For recipes, visit www.ciaprochef.com/WCA7

No trip to Trinidad's Maracas Bay beach is complete without a taste of bake and shark. As one person put it, “bake and shark is to a beach outing what plum pudding is to Christmas – essential!” At Richard's Bake and Shark we get a sample and a lesson in preparing the fried bread known as bakes. Bake and shark sandwiches are topped with an assortment of condiments, including pineapple, garlic sauce, chutneys, tamarind sauce, and shaved mango seasoned with chile and mustard oil called kuchela. All are layered on the sandwich to the diner’s taste and then consumed with gusto.

For recipes, visit www.ciaprochef.com/WCA7