Caribbean Apples

Island to island 

A snapshot of the islands — their history, their flavors, their people, and the peculiar magic that seems to live in the salt air between them.

The Lesser Antilles: A Chain of Wonders

First, a little geography. The Lesser Antilles — also known as the Caribbees — stretch like a long chain between the eastern edge of the warm Caribbean Sea and the vast Atlantic Ocean, located to the east and south of the Greater Antilles, with some islands found just off the northern coast of South America. They divide into two main arcs: the Leeward Islands in the north and the Windward Islands curving south. Most of the islands