Life and Food in the Caribbean [Hardcover]

Cristine Mackie (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 1, 1992

The West Indian kitchen today, five hundred years after Columbus, is a wonderful blend of flavors and cooking styles.

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

This culinary history of the Caribbean islands by British travel and food writer Mackie uncovers the roots of a "hybrid cuisine with many fascinating strands." Interspersed with the poetry of Derek Walcott, and punctuated with recipes that are an amalgam of regional cuisine and a good old yarn, Mackie traces the culinary footprints of the British, West African, Portuguese and East Indian settlers of the islands. Some of the most tantalizing concoctions are carmelized chicken (with tomatoes and okra), tomato sauce on cassava, and lobster fruit curry. Befuddling, however, are the many obscure terms found in the recipes--"easy-blend yeast," "old and floury English potatoes" and the occasionally desired "pig's trotter." While the book is a charmer on its own terms, such ingredients do need translation, lest they addle or mislead those heading for the heat of an actual North American kitchen.
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Review

A magnificent series of not-quite cookbooks that lovingly document the connection of cooking with the land. (Wilson Library Bulletin ) --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 190 pages
• Publisher: New Amsterdam Books (April 1, 1992)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1561310298
• ISBN-13: 978-1561310296
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.1 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,714,516 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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