Welcome to the summary page for FabulousFusionFood's Sint Maartener recipes, part of the Caribbean. This page provides links to all the Sint Maarten recipes presented on this site, with 24 recipes in total.

This is a continuation of an entire series of pages that will, I hope, allow my visitors to better navigate this site. As well as displaying recipes by name, country and region of origin I am now planning a whole series of pages where recipes can be located by meal type and main ingredient. This page gives a listing of all the Sint Maartener recipes added to this site.

Sint Maarten is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands located in the Caribbean region of North America. The official languages are English and Dutch. The capital is Philipsburg and the largest city is Lower Prince's Quarter.

Sint Maarten is known for its cuisine.[46] including Creole, French, and West Indian cooking.

Sint Maarten is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands located in the Caribbean region of North America.[8] With a population of 58,477[9][2] as of June 2023 on an area of 34 km2 (13 sq mi), it encompasses the southern 44% of the divided island of Saint Martin, while the northern 56% of the island constitutes the French overseas collectivity of Saint Martin. Sint Maarten's capital is Philipsburg.[10] Collectively, Sint Maarten and the other Dutch islands in the Caribbean are often called the Dutch Caribbean.

Sint Maarten shares the 87 km² island of Saint Martin with the French Saint-Martin. The island is divided roughly 60:40 between France (53 km²) and the Kingdom of the Netherlands (34 km²), but the Dutch part is more populated than the French. Divided since 1648, the northern French part comprises the Collectivity of Saint Martin and is an overseas collectivity of France. The southern Dutch part comprises Sint Maarten and is one of four constituent countries that form the Kingdom of the Netherlands.

Before 10 October 2010, Sint Maarten was known as the Island Territory of Sint Maarten (Dutch: Eilandgebied Sint Maarten), and was one of six (from 1986 five) island territories (eilandgebieden) that constituted the Netherlands Antilles.[10] Sint Maarten has the status of an EU overseas country; it is not part of the European Union, but is a member of the Overseas Countries and Territories Association.

On 6 and 7 September 2017, the island was hit by Category 5 Hurricane Irma, which caused widespread and significant damage to buildings and infrastructure.

Etymology: Due to confusion on early maps, the island was accidentally confused with Nevis and given the name Christopher Columbus had originally given that island in honor of Saint Martin of Tours, when he first sighted Nevis on the saint's feast day on 11 November 1493. 'Sint Maarten' is Saint Martin in Dutch.

The island's prior Dutch name was Nieuw Zeeland ('New Zeeland''), named by the Zeelanders who settled there in the 1630s.[13][14] It was renamed Sint Eustatius shortly thereafter. The indigenous name for the island is Aloi meaning 'cashew island' (origin Arawak).

Sint Maarten Cuisine:

St. Maarten’s style of cuisine has been developed over many years and has been influenced by various cultures found all over the world such as the French, Dutch, African, Latin-American, British, East Indian, and Creole cultures. St. Martin has been considered by many as the “culinary capital of the Caribbean” because of the vast number of influences that shape the island’s gastronomic scene. The cuisine found in Saint Martin truly tells the story of the diversity of the people on the island, the sunny tropical climate, and the cheerfulness of the natives.

Typical dishes would include goat water, conch stew, Johnny cakes, funchi, pastechi, columbo curry and coconut pie. Modern dishes include Accras de Morue made with cod and/or fish roe, Bokits: a French style sandwich, Buljawou: Saltfish with plantains dusted with cinnamon; Locri: a chicken and rice dish similar to risotto and Columbo a French-style curry of meat and vegetables.