May 2022
Bridgerton's The Ton Martini Recipe with HRH Prince Marco
So excited to share the first episode of the new season of Cooking With Carlina with all of you! Lady Whistledown was kind…
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Love. Cook.Explore.
Carlina Williams invites you to cook.
Cook confidently, discover new places, and make everyday life feel more special through food, travel, culture, and authentic storytelling.
Welcome to the table.
Food · travel · lifestyle
Food is the gateway to experiencing the world.
Cooking With Carlina brings approachable cooking together with the people, places, culture, hospitality, and memorable details that make travel meaningful. Recipes are creative yet achievable. Travel is exciting yet approachable. Trying something new is always an invitation.
Featured across the world
One story, many ways in.
A destination can lead to its food. A recipe can reveal its place. A video can carry both—and every path brings you closer to Carlina.
Travel & Culture
Go beyond the postcard.
Carlina’s travel centers around the people, food, culture and experiences that make a place worth remembering. Discover the inspiration behind these stories.
Explore destination stories“Are you guys
ready?
Let’s get started.”
Welcome to my kitchen
Cook the story, not just the dish.
Caribbean Southern recipes inspired by Carlina’s culture, featuring homestyle recipes that include holidays, menus, desserts, drinks, vegan, gluten-free—plus the cooking stories behind them.
March 2022
CARLINA WILLIAMS FROM DISNEY'S MUPPETS COOKS CARIBBEAN PATE'S ALONG SIDE ACCESS HOLLYWOOD'S MARIO LOPEZ
I'm BACK!!!! And I'm so excited to share a NEW twist of my family's Caribbean Pate' recipe with all of you! It was…
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November 2021
Thanking Our Veterans This Thanksgiving Season
This Thanksgiving Season, I decided to give back to our Veterans for their service to our community. With over $1000 in donations, we…
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Warm flavors for a full table.
Seasonal favorites, back from Carlina’s recipe archive.
November 2015
PumApple Cider
This tasty drink will have all of your guests ready for the Thanksgiving holiday!
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November 2015
Cranberry Banana Bread
This delicious dessert will make all of your guests feel warm inside! The cranberry and banana blend will be sure to make your…
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November 2015
Spicy Turkey Soup
This spicy soup will be the perfect dish for the winter to warm your belly! The exotic spices, fresh vegetables and organic turkey…
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Press play. Come closer.
Recipes, guests, cultural stories, and learning moments—shared in Carlina’s own voice. Enter a dedicated home for her video archive.
Enter the studio
Gather with Carlina
From screen to shared experience.
Bring curiosity to the kitchen, or start a conversation about creating something together.
Available for inquiry
Cook together, wherever you are.
Virtual cooking classes with dates, menu, group size, and format coordinated after inquiry.
Explore experiences
Create with Carlina
Stories made to connect.
Explore food, travel, and culture-led collaborations, hosting, and visual storytelling.
Work with CarlinaThe Travel Diaries
The stories social media could not hold.
Travel reflections, kitchen memories, and the people and places behind Carlina’s world.
Read The Travel DiariesThrough Carlina’s lens
The little things stay with you.
“Food is happiness and it brings people together.”
About Carlina Williams
A life told through food, people, and place.
Carlina is the creator and founder of Cooking With Carlina. Born in Melbourne, Florida and raised primarily in Jacksonville, she learned to cook from her grandmothers. What began as family time in their kitchens became a wider invitation to cook confidently, explore curiously, and experience the world through food.
What should we explore next?
Recipes, destination stories, new videos, and shared discoveries. Stay close to Carlina’s world.