Someone said the Caribbean is the Balkans of the Tropic, given its diversity of cultures, tongues, religions and political administrations. In fact, the Caribbean boast a medley of independent nations, overseas territories that act as provinces of European countries, such languages as Spanish, English, Dutch, French and forms of Creole and Papiamento. Religiousness is disguised in an assortment of ways based on the mixture of Christian and African rituals. We were colonized by Spain, France, England, Holland and Denmark.
Anyone could believe that such diversity could provide an extremely varied cuisine, but the fact of the matter is that Creole or West Indian food has a little bit of every island and with no exceptions. This melting pot witnessed two critical developments: the presence of Arawak, Taino and Carib natives into the first half of the 16th century coupled with the forced arrival of thousands of African slaves. However, this diversity was also begotten by the influence exerted by the different European metropolises that conquered the islands of the region.