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With Jennifer Trainer
Thompson's CARIBBEAN COCKTAILS, escape to an island paradise
is just an ice cube's throw away. You'll find yourself in
libation nirvana with this thirst-quenching collection of
over 60 delicious cocktail recipes, including Mojitos and Le
ti' Punch, tangy tequila quenchers, and refreshing
non-alcoholic concoction,
Pair your tasty tonics
with tropical appetizers such as Papaya
and Lobster Salad or Caribbean Samosas
with Coconut and Ginger Mojo, and you'll
soon be sailing the seas of your next
great island holiday.
With recommendations
for purchasing mixers and practical
advice on equipment and glasses.
Sixty recipes for
classic and .
Caribbean coat of arms, find the coat of arms
for the countries of the Caribbean Islands.
The Coat of Arms of Aruba was
originally designed in Amsterdam in 1955. Since then
it has been in use as the national symbol of Aruba.
The symbol has seven main elements:
The lion crest symbolizes power and generosity.
A white cross divides the shield into quarters, and
represents devotion and faith. In the first quarter
is an aloe plant, the island's first important
export. In the second quarter, Hooiberg, Aruba's
most recognizable and second highest hill,
represents Aruba rising out of the sea.
The third quarter depicts hands shaking, symbolic of
Aruba's good relations with the world. In the fourth
quarter, a cogwheel represents industry. Below the
shield is a pair of laurel branches, traditional
symbols of peace and friendship.
On June 26, 1986 the government
of Bonaire approved its coat of arms. The coat of
arms of Bonaire has a shield in azure blue (heraldisch,
referring to the sea), with a stuurrad in gold (with
reference to the many Bonaireaanse seamen bevoeren),
the world's oceans. The heart is silver plated with
a zespunt of throat (red) and surrounded by a
compass ring of Sable (black). The whole is covered
by a Crown with five leaves and four beads (Crown of
a Marquis).
The ship is taken from the arms
of the Dutch West-Indian Company (WIC), who founded
a colony on the island. The tree is a so-called
Pomerans-tree (I don't know the proper English
name), with the Curacao-oranges. The escutcheon is
the arms of the city of Amsterdam, that bought the
colony from the WIC. The city also built the large
fortress Fort Amsterdam in the town of Willemstad
Saba
This is an unheraldic picture,
not a coat of arms. The shield shows the island
surrounded by a ship for the sailing from the
island, a fish for fisheries and a sweet potato for
the agriculture.
Above the shield is a wedgero or Aubudon's
Shearwater the island bird. The leaves are leaves of
the Saba cabbage, the main local food plant.
The motto means 'With oars and sails' or with all
one's might.
Statia
The arms were granted on February
25, 1845. The complete arms show as supporters a
deer with a cross between its antlers, and as
sinister supporter St. Eustatius,(Statia) the local
patron saint.
The arms with the chevron is identical to the oldest
known Lords of Zichem, known from the early 13th
century. All seals and images of the arms have shown
the three chevrons, but in different colours. The
present colours are known from a seal from 1793. The
patron saint appeared as supporter behind the shield
in the late 18th century.
The colours are those of the flag
of the Netherlands. The arms show the old
courthouse, a bouquet of yellow sage (the national
flower), and a silhouette of the monument honouring
Dutch-French friendship and the unity of both parts
of the island. The orange border symbolizes loyalty
to the ruling Dutch house of Oranje-Nassau.
The crest is formed by a yellow disc which
represents the sun, and a grey silhouette of a
pelican in flight. The motto in Latin, "Semper
Progrediens" means "Always Progressing
The coat of arms of Anguilla
consists of the emblem found on the Flag of
Anguilla, a traditional symbol of the territory. The
coat of arms consists of three dolphins leaping over
the sea. The three dolphins are coloured orange and
represent endurance, unity, and strength, and they
leap in a circle for continuity. The badge has a
white background, for peace and tranquility, with a
turquoise-blue base representing the surrounding sea
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The Pineapple at the top of the
coat of arms is the famous Antigua Black Pineapple.
The red Hibiscus flowers are reminders of the much
admired varieties seen everywhere. The golden Sun
and the wavy blue and white bands symbolize the Sea,
Sun and Beaches. The central Sugar Mill Tower and
the Sugar Cane stalk are reminders of the sugar
industry. The Century Plant or Dagger Pole with its
golden yellow flowers was a part of the emblem of
Antigua and the Leeward Islands. The two Deer,
prized animals in Antigua and Barbuda, support the
shield. One of the deer holds an agave plant, a
reminder of the rope industry.
The crest of the arms, a light
pink conch shell, symbolizes the marine life of The
Bahamas. The wavy green palm fronds at the top of
the crest symbolize the natural vegetation. The
Santa Maria, flagship of Christopher Columbus, is
represented on the shield. Wavy barrulets of blue
symbolize the waters of The Bahamas. On the shield
is a radiant sun representing the climate. A
flamingo, the national bird, and a silvery blue
marlin support the shield. The national motto
"Forward Upward Onward Together" is displayed across
the base.
Barbados
Like other former British
possessions in the Caribbean, the coat of arms has a
helmet with a national symbol on top, and a shield
beneath that is supported by two animals. The
national symbol found on top of the helmet for
Barbados is the fist of a Barbadian holding two
sugar canes that are crossed to resemble St.
Andrew's Cross. This is representative of the
importance of the sugar industry as well as Barbados
celebrating its independence day on St. Andrew's
day. The shield is gold in color. Upon it are a pair
of the national flower, known as the Pride of
Barbados, and a single bearded fig tree (Ficus
citrifolia). The shield is supported by a pelican
and a Dolphin fish. They stand for the Pelican
Island, and fishing, respectively.At the bottom is
Barbados' national motto ("Pride and Industry") on a
scroll.
Cayman Islands
Three green stars, representing
each of the three inhabited Islands (Grand Cayman,
Little Cayman and Cayman Brac), are set in the lower
two-thirds of the shield. The stars rest on blue and
white wavy bands representing the sea. In the top
third of the shield, against a red background, is a
gold lion "passant guardant" (walking with the
further forepaw raised and the body seen from the
side), representing Britain. Above the shield is a
green turtle on a coil of rope. Behind the turtle is
a gold pineapple. The turtle represents Cayman's
seafaring history; the rope, its traditional
thatch-rope industry; and the pineapple, its ties
with Jamaica..
Cuba
It is shaped like a pointed
leather shield, and divided into three sections. In
its horizontal upper part, there is a golden key
between two mountains, and a sun rising over the sea
- which symbolizes the position of Cuba in the Gulf,
between the two Americas, amidst the emergence of a
new state. The blue and white stripes, down the left
hand side, represent the situation of the island, in
terms of its division into states, in the colonial
period. Down the right hand side, a Cuban country
scene is dominated by a royal palm tree - the symbol
of the unbreakable character of the Cuban people
Dominica
Quarterly Or and Azure a cross
filled counterchanged in the first quarter on a
Rocky Mount Sable a Coconut Tree fructed proper in
the second a Dominica Crapaud also proper in the
third on Water Barry wavy a base a Carib canoe with
sail set all likewise proper in the forth quarter on
a Rocky Mount also sable a Banana Tree fructed also
proper and for the crest. On a Wreath Argent and
Azure a Rocky Mount Sable thereon a Lion Passant
guardant Or and for the Supporters. On either side
of Sisserou Parrot (Amazona imperialis) proper
beaked and membered or together with the motto Apres
Bondie C'est La Ter."
Dominican
Republic
A shield in similarly quartered
colors as the flag, supported a bay laurel branch
(left) and a palm frond (right); above the shield, a
blue ribbon displays the national motto: Dios,
Patria, Libertad (God, Fatherland, Liberty). Below
the shield, the words Rep?lica Dominicana appear on
a red ribbon (more recent versions, this red ribbon
is depicted as having its tips and tassels flexed
upward). In the center of the shield, flanked by
three spears (two of them holding Dominican banners)
on each side, is a Bible with a small golden cross
above it, which is opened (according to popular
belief) to the Gospel of John, 8:32, which reads Y
la verdad os har?libre (And the truth shall make
you free).
Grenada
Shield divided into four parts by
a golden cross. In the center of this cross is the
Santa Maria, Columbus' flagship. A British lion on a
red field is shown in the upper left and lower right
sections of the shield, with a golden crescent moon
out of which a lily growsin the upper right and
lower left sections. Above the shield there is a
golden crown, topped with a garland of Bougainvillea
branches. Within the garland are seven red roses,
which stand for the seven communities of Grenada.
Holding the sign are an armadillo which stands
before a corn stalk; on the other side a Grenada
Dove, which stands before a banana plant. The base
represents grassland mountains and Grenada's Grand
Etang Lake. A ribbon displays the national motto:
"Ever conscious of God we aspire, build and advance
as one people."
Guadaloupe
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Haiti
The central element is a royal
palm topped by a Phrygian cap and set on a lawn. On
each side of the palm tree, three draped blue and
red flags tilt upwards from the base of the tree.
There are also, two smaller red banners on the
sides, a bugle. rifles with bayonettes, two yellow
cannons and cannonballs, a drum, and a ship's
anchor.
A white banner at the base bears the motto: L'Union
Fait la Force (In Union there is Strength).
Jamaica
Two Indians will serve as one",
or rather "Both Indies will serve Together", in
reference to the collective servitude of the Taino
and Arawak Indians to the colonizers. The motto was
later replaced with the English motto "Out of Many,
One People", as tribute to the unity of the
different cultural minorities inhabiting the nation.
Aruba
Bonaire 
Curacao 
Saba
Statia
St.Martin
(Dutch)
Anguilla 
Antigua
& Barbuda
The
Bahamas
Barbados
Cayman Islands
Cuba
Dominica
Dominican
Republic
Grenada
Guadaloupe
Haiti
Jamaica