Dorinda's Taste of the Caribbean: African-Influenced Recipes from the Islands ANNOTATION
The Caribbean is a rich culinary melting pot, where influences from Europe, East Asia, and especially Africa meet a stunning array of native produce and seafood. Now, the author of A Taste of Africa captures the sizzling, seductive flavors of the Caribbean palate with this cookbook based on her PBS-TV cooking show, A Taste of the Caribbean. Over 100 recipes. Color photos.
FROM THE PUBLISHER
The Caribbean is a rich culinary melting pot, where influences from Europe, East Asia, and especially Africa meet a stunning array of native produce and seafood. Now, the author of A Taste of Africa captures the sizzling, seductive flavors of the Caribbean palate with this cookbook based on her PBS-TV cooking show, A Taste of the Caribbean. Over 100 recipes. Color photos.
FROM THE CRITICS
Library Journal
Born in Ghana, cookbook author Hafner (A Taste of Africa, Ten Speed, 1993) now lives in Adelaide, Australia, where she is well known for her popular TV cooking series. Now her show is coming to PBS, and this entertaining and informative cookbook is the companion volume. Hafner traveled throughout the Caribbean, from Cuba to Jamaica, to explore the cuisines of the individual islands and the influence African food traditions had on them, and her discoveries and "shocks of recognition" make fascinating reading. She's a real storyteller, and she writes with wit and enthusiasm. Jessica Harris covered some of this ground in Iron Pots and Wooden Spoons: Africa's Gifts to New World Cooking (LJ 5/15/89); most libraries will want Hafner's book, too.
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