RESOURCES

The Arawak, Carib, and Taino Indians were the first inhabitants of
the Caribbean islands.

These first inhabitants occupied the present day islands of British Virgin Islands,Cuba, Dominica, Grenada, Haiti, Trinidad, and Jamaica. Their daily dietconsisted of vegetables and fruits such as papaw, yams, guavas, and cassava. TheTaino started the process of cooking meat and fish in large clay pots.

The Arawaks are the first people known to make a grate of thin green wood strips on which they slowly cooked meat, allowing it to be enhanced by the flavor of the wood.

This grate was called a barbacoa, and the word we know today as barbeque is taken from this early Indian cooking method.

Shipping Rates

If you do not see a shipping rate for your area, We DO NOT Ship to that area normally.

Please call the store to have your order processed manually !!!

We are in the process of updating our shipping rates and service areas.  We will soon be annoucing rates to most of Canada and some points in the USA.

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We are the leading retailer of Caribbean, African and Newfoundland foods in western Canada. Located in the city of New Westminister in beautiful British Columbia, Canada, we have been serving our customers in the region for over 20 years. A recent change in management and location has intensified our commitment to supply quality authentic products to our customers.

We sell your favourite products from ackees, jerk sauces, hot sauces, green bananas, breadfruit, roti, pounded yam, hard bread biscuits, pork riblets. curry, caribbean soft drinks, mauby and other syrups, jamaican patties and many other products.

Now the speed of online shopping, the convenience of fast delivery and the value of discount groceries can be yours from the comfort of your own home!

Just click on the "Shop" tab  and you will be able to browse ALL our products online. We accept paypal, and most major credit cards using established fast and secure channels.  We DO NOT store your credit card information on our site and we will never share your email address with anyone.

We ship to any part of British Columbia with exceptional fast delivery within the Lower Mainland and Fraser valley. Orders received by 2:00pm, are packaged and shipped the same day (for overnight delivery) providing that the items are in stock.

Caribbean Market values ALL our customers and encourages feedback and suggestions from you. The Contact Us form is available for customers wishing to have their questions answered by our customer service. Check our "Help" link for Frequently asked questions before submitting your question.

Our resources section includes articles with information on the origins of the foods we sell, recipes and links to cooking shows, that give ideas on cooking some of our traditional recipes.

African foods are plentiful and varied. Rich in dietary fiber and often organic, they present a healthy choice when eaten in the right combination.

African food recipes are centered round a list of ingredients easily found all over the continent. These are natural unrefined food items,easily grown at subsistence farms not far away from home.

Most foods from Africa are based on common foodstuffs like cassava, yam, cocoyam, rice, beans, maize, sorghum, millet, groundnut, coconut, plantain, melons, sea foods, poultry, beef, goat meat, bush meat, palm oil, potatoes, lentil, vegetables, vegetable oils, and a wide selection of tantalizing spices. Out of these seemingly few list of items comes a literally unending array of various delicacies.

African foods are mainly starch based, with generous amount of vegetables and fresh or roasted fish or meat. This means that they are devoid of refined sugars and excess food additives and rich in bulk and fibre. Again, 90% or more of African foods are organic.

Fish, milk, meat from poultry or cow, goat, lamb, or game ("bush meat") as well as other sea foods provide their animal protein in all African communities.

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