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A cross section of the audience at last year's festivalPhoto source: stluciajazz.orgThe St. Lucia Jazz Festival is one of those jazz festivals where, while they feature top, drawing artistes, they stay true to jazz. Therefore, it’s no surprise tha...
Sumptuous video - Food and Rum '07
St Lucia's Food and Rum Festival was a blast, and we're not the only ones who thought so - though we confess we may be a little biased :) Check out the five-minute feature on the festival below. Among the chefs featured are Art Smith out of Chicago, ...
Jazz is in the air!
Source: www.stluciajazz.org Jazz festivals are always “happenin” in the Caribbean. From January to December, you can choose to go anywhere from Antigua to Barbados, St Lucia, Jamaica, Bermuda, Aruba, the Cayman Islands, Dominica, Tobago, and othe...
The Scoop - St Lucia Food and Rum Festival 2007
Neysha Soodeen (right) with veteran Caribbean-American broadcaster Claude Tait. Off the heels of the second annual St Lucia Food and Rum Festival, which took place from November 1-4 at Rodney Bay Village, we’re already looking forward to next year...
Destinations for a Caribbean Winter
The new issue of Destinations - Volume 3.3In a week or two, the new issue of Destinations will be on a bookshelf waiting for you. If you want a subscription, click here. As usual, Neysha has a note for you. See below.EDITOR’S NOTE by Neysha Soodee...
St Lucia's Food and Rum Festival is here!
Today's the day it all begins - great chefs, Caribbean and international, preparing sumptious meals before your eyes, sampling some of the Caribbean's best rum, the food, partying in Mardi Gras style, visiting the Pitons, taking boat cruises to St Ma...
Three more days til St Lucia's Food and Rum Festival
Three more days. Three! We're counting down to the BET MACO St Lucia Food and Rum Festival, which takes place in Rodney Bay Village from this Thursday November 1st until Sunday November 4th, and the entire MACO team is excited. Feel free to check out...
Can you smell what's cooking for the St Lucia Food and Rum Festival?
Talk about island hopping! Neysha has been living in St. Lucia for the last two weeks working tirelessly with Hayle and Shamma from the St Lucia Tourist Board to produce the most interesting, fun, and entertaining Food and Rum Festival for you to enj...
Art Smith set for St Lucia, opens new restaurant
Art Smith, who has spent ten years as Oprah's personal chef, will be in St Lucia for the 2007 St Lucia Food and Rum Festival, which takes place from November 1-4 at Rodney Bay Village. Recently, Art fulfilled his dream of opening a restaurant Table F...
Interview with top chef John Conrad Ste. Marthe
Culinary writer Rosemary Parkinson recently interviewed St. Lucian Chef John Conrad Ste. Marthe who will be one of the top chefs dishing out goodies at the BET MACO St Lucia Food and Rum Festival. Based in the US, Conrad has been a personal chef for...
Michael Bolton and KC and Sunshine Band for St Lucia Food and Rum Festival
Think your cooking is great, and love learning new tricks of the trade? Then you’re going to love learning from the world-renowned chefs during their demonstrations at the St. Lucia Food and Rum Festival, which runs from November 1-4, 2007 at Rodne...
Seven Wonders of the Caribbean – Part 2
If you had to choose the “Seven Wonders of the Caribbean”, which sites would make your list? Some time ago, Barbados blogger Bajegirl listed her suggestions for the seven wonders of the Caribbean, which were:1. Harrison's Cave – Barbados2. The...
MACO Memories - Prada, Comedy and Caribbean Chic
The next issue of MACO Caribbean Living (Volume 9 Issue 2). Available in bookstores from mid-September. Imagine the cast of The Devil Wears Prada crossed with Last Comic Standing. That would aptly describe my entire staff at Toute Bagai Publishing,...
How Hurrican Dean affected Caribbean tourism
Many tourists often flee a destination when nature takes a turn for the worst, and it was no different with Hurricane Dean within the last week, as it had hundreds of tourists fleeing to the airports to escape its wrath. As the various, affected isl...
BET Jazz highlights
For those of you who missed last year’s St Lucia Food and Rum Festival, you can see highlights on the BET Jazz Channel. This year, BET is a major sponsor. BET Jazz will be airing a one-hour show that features the concerts (Third World was one of th...
Liming in St. Lucia
Here's a one-minute highlight from last year's St Lucia Food and Rum Festival....
Food, rum, music and boat trips - St Lucia Food and Rum Festival itinerary
Attendees to this year’s St Lucia Food and Rum Festival are in for four, action-packed days, which include a boat trip to the Piton Mountains and a trip to Martinique. Here is the full itinerary:Thursday November 1, 20079.00 a.m. – Rum sponsored...
Culinary tourism in the Caribbean
Culinary tourism has emerged as the hottest niche for the travel industry, and many countries such as Canada, France, Italy, Scotland, and Spain have been positioning themselves as destination hotspots for travellers who love to spoil their taste bud...
Oprah's personal chef for St Lucia's Food and Rum Festival
Things are really gearing up for the annual St Lucia Food and Rum Festival, which takes place from November 1 to 4, 2007 at Pigeon Island, St. Lucia. I am in St. Lucia now, organising the event with the St. Lucia Tourist Board, which has officially t...
Seven wonders of the Caribbean
The seven wonders of the world have always caught the attention of people worldwide. However, Caribbean locations have always been noticeably absent from the list.Bajegirl, across at the Cheese on Bread blog, has made a list of what she considers to...
Travelling the Caribbean
For some of you, this blog may be your first encounter with MACO. MACO is an unmistakably Caribbean brand that introduces people – in the Caribbean and around the world – to the wonders of the region, particularly its cuisine, architecture and t...
