NASSAU, The Bahamas, 28 November 2011: Chef Anthony Notarfrancesco knows food. In particular, he knows Italian food. So, when given the opportunity create a fresh, new menu for Anthony’s on Paradise Island, he drew on his Italian roots and created a menu that married Italian to Bahamian/Caribbean cuisine.

In doing so, he created a dining experience that is unique to this popular Paradise Island restaurant. Yet the elegant cuisine is offered at prices that one would find on the “other side of the bridge”. Anthony’s is the affordable Paradise Island experience...

WASHINGTON, DC – About four thousand six hundred people visited the Embassy of The Commonwealth of The Bahamas in Washington DC as part of Passport DC’s “Around The World Embassy Tour” on Saturday, May 14, hankering for a taste of Bahamian culture.  

For the third consecutive year, the Embassy took part in the popular event which sees tens of thousands flock to DC to sample the cultures of the countries represented by the Embassies in Washington. And for the third consecutive year, word about the conch fritters and ‘Sky Juice’ offered by the Embassy of The Bahamas filtered...

Newswise — AMHERST, Mass. – Though bonefish are one of the most sought-after tropical sport fish in the world, drawing thousands of anglers to Caribbean waters every season, until recently the only information scientists had about their spawning habits were anecdotes and fish tales.

Now, University of Massachusetts Amherst researcher Andy Danylchuk and colleagues from several other institutions know far more about bonefish spawning habits after using ultrasonic transmitters to tag and track bonefish movements off Eleuthera in the Bahamas. Their results appear in an early online issue of the journal Marine Biology. Results should help focus habitat conservation efforts...

Conch Salad TV provides an online Bahamas video magazine for visitors and Bahamians by Bahamians. Conch Salad TV will go off the beaten path and dive deep into island life, the culture, natural beauty and national issues in The Bahamas...

Are you planning a move in the Bahamas? If so, here are a few things you need to know before you venture for fun under the sun…

It is possible to acquire a Bahamian citizenship if you have resided in the Bahamas for an extended period of time (approximately 6 to 9 years) and have lived there for a minimum of 12 consecutive months.

Your chances of obtaining citizenship are even greater if you plan to remain in the country permanently and know the Bahamian language and customs. You must also be a law-abiding resident and an individual of ‘good’ character...

After a full morning of boogie boarding in the aquamarine waters off Surfer's Beach, my family was starving. We made our way to the northern end of the island and hired a water taxi to take us on the ten-minute ride to Harbour Island. Once there, we rented golf carts, the cay’s preferred mode of transportation, and puttered past the town’s colorful clapboard houses to Sip Sip’s, one of our favorite lunch spots...

In the Exuma Cays, this video takes you snorkeling in beautiful blue holes and underwater caves, like Thunderball Grotto, which is teeming with fish and other sea life. In Georgetown, the capital of The Exumas, located on the island of Great Exuma, your hosts venture outside their wonderfully luxurious resort

The Times Online travel section says, The name for The Bahamas comes from “baja mar”,  Spanish for “shallow sea”, most appropriate as many of the islands are surrounded by seductive turquoise water made luminous by the sunlight reflecting up from the shallow sandy bottom.

However, its 700 islands and sandy cays offer plenty of adventurous playgrounds for divers, whether just starting out or more experienced, to explore.

The most popular destinations are New Providence, with its capital city Nassau, and Grand Bahama, both providing some of the best and most varied diving of all. The Tongue of the Ocean is a dark blue shape on the map that licks round the western side of New Providence so that it’s surrounded by deep blue water...

The Bahamas Weekly is pleased to announce the launch of " Bahamas Destinations" where your Bahamas Weekly News Team takes you and our entire world-wide audience on sneak-peek video tours at a multitude of beautiful, fascinating and/or unique destinations throughout The Bahamas.

Hotels, resorts, restaurants, nightclubs, eco-tours, and more! If it is in The Bahamas - it may be featured in an upcoming segment.

We are pleased to feature here in our inaugural show, Pelican Bay at Lucaya, a boutique hotel in Grand Bahama Island, where visitors find the finest combination of Caribbean and European architecture and service...

Grand Bahama Island - Jason Purlow, who writes an award winning Food Blog, "Off the Broiler" recently visited Grand Bahama. Purlow gives a report on Bahamian dishes and show wonderful photos of food from such eateries as the Grouper Grill, Mary Ann's, Le Med, Kelly's Conch Stand,  Simply Native, Bishop's, Diamond Sunrise Bar, and Big Daddy Brown's Conch Stand at Port Lucaya Marketplace.

His report shows photos of conch being opened, and prepared into salad as well as roast conch. Conch fritters and conch chowder are also featured.

Purlow's favourite cracked conch was from Kelly's Conch Stand  in the Freeport Vendor's Market...

Bahamians depend on marine resources for food, recreation and employment. The choices we make today on the seafood we eat will have a significant impact on our resources in the future. Dolphin Encounters has created a Seafood Watch Guide that has listed the best seafood choices to make and which seafood should be avoided based on the season, the way it was caught or farmed, or whether it contains mercury or other contaminants.

The recommendations which list both Bahamian and U.S. seafood choices were compiled in conjunction with the Bahamas Reef Environment Educational Foundation (BREEF) and the Monterey Bay Aquarium and Foundation.

“The Seafood Watch Guide was created to help all consumers of local or foreign seafood make educated decisions about what they are eating and buying...