Customer Reviews

Jerk: Barbecue from Jamaica

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I have tried at least 10 of the receipes in this book and find it very hard to move on to others. The ones that I have tried are always repeated in some cases many times over. The Dry Jerk seasoning is a staple which I have prepared and given as gifts in fancy found jars (page 16). "Wid It" is a special treat that is a must. My all time favorite "Jerked Spareribs", that I place in a platter, cut ribs into small chunks, mix well with white rice, yellow raisens, cashews, and pineapple rings cut into chunks, smooth,put a flat layer of yellow corn on top, place pineapple rings on top of corn, spill all of the juice from the can all over the top and add a few maraschino cherries for color!! It's the BEST!!

My husband and I have tried numerous recipies from this cookbook and each one has turned out 100% successful!! Helen has captured the true taste and flavor of the Caribbean with each and every recipe in this cookbook! This is our favorite cookbook!! We highly recommend her recipe for Dry Jerk Seasoning on Page 16!!!!! If you try her Jamaican Cole Slaw on Pg. 115, we would suggest adding pineapple. The sweet flavor makes it perfect!!! If you are going to buy ANY Caribbean or Jamaican cookbook, this is the BEST one by far!!!!!!

I dare you to find a bad recipe in this book. Every single recipe is a winner. The Jamaican cole slaw is so good everyone who eats it asks me for the recipe. The same for the jerk chicken. I love this book.

Jerk Barbecue is very easy to follow. I am American and I married to a Jamaican. I wanted to start cooking meals my mate grew up eating. This recipe book is perfect. The dishes always turn out great!

I ordered this cookbook after spending a week in Jamaica and enjoying the layers of flavors in authentic Jamaican cuisine. I wanted a collection of recipes that included popular dishes like Rice and Peas, Jamaican coleslaw, as well as the Jerk cooking that we'd eaten. This cookbook contains lots of authentic Jamaican recipes and some interesting background information about Jamaican culture. I gave the book 4 stars because there are no photos, only a few illustrations.

i first had jerk ribs at a jamaican restaurant in long beach, CA. ever since then, i have been searching for a jerk recipe that tastes as good as the ribs i had there. i tried several recipes i found online, and none of them were even close. finally, i got this book, and made the jerk marinade recipe. bingo. this is it. that's the taste i remember! lots of the other recipes look great too. i'm looking forward to trying more of them.

Thanks Amazon.com......I can brag on this series from Helen Willinsky.....I can have all my West Indian tasty, colorful & HEALTHY meals whenever, wherever I want to! Easy to prepare recipes, morning-noon-evening, holidays or whatever your DESIRE, Helen did up.......RIGHT!

This book had some good recipes and some mediocre ones. I do believe that it would have been a much better book with some pictures. Who doesn't like pictures in a cookbook?