cooking, caribbean

Photographs and recipes show the reader how to prepare a variety of Caribbean dishes.

"A groundbreaking cookbook from beloved chef-activist Bryant Terry, drawing from African, Afro-Caribbean, and Southern food to create over 100 enticing vegan dishes. Rising star chef and food activist Bryant Terry is known for his simple, creative, and delicious vegan dishes inspired by African American cooking. In this landmark cookbook, he remixes foods of the African diaspora to create exciting and approachable recipes such as Corn Maque Choux-Stuffed Jamaican Patties with Hot Pepper Sauce, Berebere-Spiced Black-Eyed Pea Sliders, Crispy Teff-Grit Cakes with Eggplant, Tomatoes, and Peanuts, and Groundnut Stew with Winter Vegetables and Cornmeal Dumplings. He also explores key African ingredients that are popular in Caribbean and Southern dishes--like okra--tracing their history and giving them cultural context. Afro-Vegan will delight Bryant Terry fans; vegans looking for exciting new recipes; cooks interested in African, Afro-Caribbean, and Southern cuisine; and health- and eco-conscious eaters"--.

Presents five hundred recipes from the Latin world ranging from Mexico to Argentina and all the Spanish-speaking countries of the Caribbean including adobos, sofritos, empanadas, tamales, ceviches, moles, and flan.

Presents recipes for Caribbean dishes while introducing the people, geography, culture, and customs of the Islands.

Over 125 recipes from the Caribbean with notes about their origins, descriptions of tropical ingredients, and essays about Caribbean customs.

Contains over two hundred recipes for foods typical of the Caribbean Islands, including appetizers and snacks, soups, chicken, fish, meat, rice and beans, vegetarian main meals, side dishes, salsas and chutneys, desserts, breads, and beverages. Includes a directory of Caribbean food distributors.

Presents the history of food culture in the Caribbean that represents the various ethnic groups in the islands from the European conquest, slave and indentured servant influence, and more.