Doubles, a popular street food in Trinidad consisting of chick peas on fried bread, has roots in South Asia but is unique to the Caribbean. (Photo from Flickr by Edmund Gall)

Alex is a cofounder and editor of The Seattle Globalist. He's a visual journalist whose work has been published by PBS, The Seattle Times, FRONTLINE/World and the Seattle Weekly.  Alex teaches journalism in the University of Washington's Department of Communication and recently directed the documentary film Barzan.