The Multi-Cultural Cuisine of Trinidad & Tobago & the Caribbean (Paperback)

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Product Description
This book features the multi-cultural Cuisine of Trinidad & Tobago and the Caribbean on a whole. It has received glowing praises and is regarded amongst many as a premier guide to Caribbean cooking. If you'd like to try your hand at the delicious Caribbean dishes that you have tasted, this is definitely the cookbook to buy.

Product Details

• Paperback: 271.0 pages
• Publisher: First Edition Naparima Girls Alumnae; 2nd Edition edition (2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 9768173653
• ISBN-13: 978-9768173652
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #152,192 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Heritage Revisited In A Culinary Gem!, September 7, 2005

By	Pantere "SBS" (Sanford, NC USA) - See all my reviews

This is an excellent well-written, beautifully illustrated cook book! Having grown up in the Caribbean the dishes in this book are all familiar and ones I have been cooking all my life - not from written recipes, but from memory - and it wasn't always easy to remember all the specific ingredients or methods. This cookbook saves me the trouble. It is awesome. It takes me back to my childhood and I can now share my favorite dishes with my 12yr old daughter who is just learning to cook. The author(s) go beyond just providing recipes and pictures... they include Notes on Metric conversion for solid and Liquid measure, oven temperatures (in Celsius and Fahrenheit) for mixtures and deep frying, a nutriion index for each dish right on the same page of each recipe, a table of contents, an index, and a comprehensive glossary of terms for those who may not know what "Kuchela", "Chip-Chip" or "Phulourie" is. They even include guidelines for substituions, converting to microwave cooking and a table of abbreviations for measurements. It's all in there. I do wish, however, that they had included a bit of the history of Caribbean cuisine and the sources of the many influences found in it. With that said, the pages are glossy and not flimsy. The recipes are simple and showcase the diveristy of Caribbean cuisine which reflects our african, indian, chinese, japanese, middle-eastern and european heritage. I received this as a gift from my mother (she probably got tired of my "how-to" calls) and the first time I flipped through it I literally squealed with delight at seeing all my childhood favorites. This is a Gem for anyone who is interested in or loves Caribbean food.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A cookbook worth having., November 30, 2005

By	Aridni Chade "Chades" - See all my reviews

It's the type of cookbook with which one cannot go wrong. There are different types of recipes reflecting the diverse ethnicity of Trinidad and Tobago. There are also recipes for diabetics and weight watchers. The colour photographs add a nice touch and allows one to see what the end product of the recipe looks like.
It's definetly a good buy.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Best Guideline to Caribbean Cooking, May 27, 2006

By	Renee "triniyankee2" (East Meadow, NY) - See all my reviews

This is a wonderful cookbook! It has every Caribbean recipe imaginable, and the directions are clear and concise.