A delightful Jamaican cookbook featuring 115, easy, home-style recipes to liven up everyday cooking. Some recipes are sweet, some are savory and all represent Nugent'ss most requested dishes over her 45 years of preparing and teaching Jamaican cuisine. A good read, the book is sprinkled with charming anecdotes about growing up in Jamaica, wise Jamaican proverbs, information about the origins of indigenous ingredients, and entertaining and menu suggestions.
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Sugar, Spice and Feeling GoodFor Veda Nugent, Jamaica-born Ottawa chef and restaurateur, and her son Marrett Green, former TV journalist and now media relations specialist for Vancouver regional government, relocating did not mean leaving their wonderful tropical dishes behind. Sugar and Spice and Everything Irie: Savoring Jamaica's Flavors gathers some of their favorites, many of which have been featured in her eateries over the years. Irie, in Jamaican patois, is a greeting meaning things are okay. And they will be after sampling some of the specialties that can be created at home for everyone's enjoyment. 115 recipes such as Jerk Pork and Chicken Pat, Curry Goat, Oxtail and Lima Bean Stew, Ackee and Salted Codfish, Plantain Pudding, and Banana Rum Shake will delight fans of this most agreeable cuisine.
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"A lively book that shows how easy it is to bring home Jamaica’s distinctive flavors." -- Post-Crescent
"Mother and son produce a cookbook full of island memories. Favorite recipes include Spicy Codfish Salad and Sweet Potato Pudding." -- South Florida Sun-Sentinel
"The authors present fabulous dessert recipes from the jewel of the Caribbean, including guava custard, plantain pudding, and grapefruit snaps." -- Oakland Press
"Veda Nugent was born to cook. The salad chapter offers delicious spiced coleslaw, and sliced avocado in a tangy dressing." -- The Miami Herald
A book that will hook cooks. Jamaican-born Nugent and her son presents a personable collection of authentic Jamaican recipes. -- Canadian Living Magazine
After tasting Ackee and Salted Codfish, I want to move in with Veda! African Pili Pili Chicken is also great. -- Vicki Gabereau national TV show
An easygoing cookbook packed with childhood food memories, Jamaican proverbs, and insight into a culinary style that worships bold flavors. -- The Toronto Star
Offers the best of Jamaican cooking in an easy-to-follow format for beginners. Will put you in a tropical mood. -- Victorville Daily Press
Whether you crave the best patties or the perfect rum sour, this book will have you cooking like a local. -- Tim Pawsey, food and wine critic
“If it gets any better than this . . . perusing this resplendent array of Jamaican dishes . . . then surely it's in the eating.” -- Ewart Walters, editor, The Spectrum, Ottawa
"Mother and son produce a cookbook full of island memories. Favorite recipes include Spicy Codfish Salad and Sweet Potato Pudding." -- South Florida Sun-Sentinel
"The authors present fabulous dessert recipes from the jewel of the Caribbean, including guava custard, plantain pudding, and grapefruit snaps." -- Oakland Press
"Veda Nugent was born to cook. The salad chapter offers delicious spiced coleslaw, and sliced avocado in a tangy dressing." -- The Miami Herald
A book that will hook cooks. Jamaican-born Nugent and her son presents a personable collection of authentic Jamaican recipes. -- Canadian Living Magazine
After tasting Ackee and Salted Codfish, I want to move in with Veda! African Pili Pili Chicken is also great. -- Vicki Gabereau national TV show
An easygoing cookbook packed with childhood food memories, Jamaican proverbs, and insight into a culinary style that worships bold flavors. -- The Toronto Star
Offers the best of Jamaican cooking in an easy-to-follow format for beginners. Will put you in a tropical mood. -- Victorville Daily Press
Whether you crave the best patties or the perfect rum sour, this book will have you cooking like a local. -- Tim Pawsey, food and wine critic
“If it gets any better than this . . . perusing this resplendent array of Jamaican dishes . . . then surely it's in the eating.” -- Ewart Walters, editor, The Spectrum, Ottawa
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Great Tastes!,
By Suzanne Cordes "An avid reader." (Florida, Where Else?) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Sugar and Spice & Everything Irie: Savoring Jamaica's Flavors (Paperback)
This is a fantastic cookbook. It gives not only great tastes but the feeling of Jamaica. For a great novel about Jamaica, look at Jamaica Girl. It's as delicious as a ripe mango.
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Everything IS Irie!,
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This book is everything that I hoped it would be. It's well written with a little history on all recipes as well as very simple to follow instruction on how to prepare all the dishes. I love Jamaican food and do intend to try alot of the dishes in the coming weeks and months. A very good book for fellow "wanna-be" Jamaican cooks or who simply love the food. Yum!
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