Adapted from CHILI PEPPER magazine, February 2007. Caribbean Cuisine cooking issue featuring ..... the results of the melange of many cultures and traditions. Immegrants from India and West Africa brought their cuisines to the Islands, as did Europen colonizers, Creole cooking came from the West Indies. ..... This cultural exchange, which infuses African flavors into European recipes, Creole ingredients into Indian dishes, and so on, has produced exceptionally rich cuisines.