Belly Full: Exploring Caribbean Cuisine through 11 Fundamental Ingredients and over 100 Recipes [A Cookbook]

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A delectable exploration of Caribbean cuisine through 105 recipes based on eleven staple ingredients, featuring powerful insights into the shared history of the diaspora and gorgeous photography.

“Lesley’s recipes inspire in the ways they approach, transcend, and unify cultural boundaries on page after delicious page.”—Hawa Hassan, author of In Bibi’s Kitchen

Across the English-speaking Caribbean, “me belly full” can mean more than just a satisfied stomach, but a heart and soul that’s full too. In Belly Full, food writer of Trinidadian descent Lesley Enston brings us into the overlapping histories of the Caribbean islands through their rich cultures and cuisines.

Eleven staple ingredients—beans, calabaza, cassava, chayote, coconut, cornmeal, okra, plantains, rice, salted cod, and scotch bonnet peppers—hold echoes of familiarity from one island to the next, and their widespread use comes in part from the harrowing impact of the Atlantic Slave Trade and colonialism. As Lesley delves into how history shaped each country and territory’s cuisine, she shows us what we can learn from each island (such as Haiti, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Trinidad & Tobago, and Cuba) and encourages us to celebrate the delicious differences.

Belly Full provides basic knowledge on choosing, storing, and preparing these ingredients as well as a mix of traditional and creative adaptations to dishes. Recipes are mostly gluten-free and plant-based and include:

• Cornmeal: Pen Mayi from Haiti and Conkies from Barbados
• Okra: Callaloo from Trinidad and Tobago and Fungee from Antigua
• Plantains: Mofongo from Puerto Rico and Tortilla de Plátano Maduro from Cuba
• Salted Cod: Ackee and Saltfish from Jamaica and Accras de Morue from Martinique

Belly Full, with its breadth of stories, recipes, and stunning photography, will leave your stomach and heart more than satisfied.

From the Publisher

TONMTONM AK KALALOU | MASHED BREADFRUIT WITH OKRA

HAITI

GRATIN AU CHRISTOPHINE | CHEESE-STUFFED CHAYOTES

MARTINIQUE

CALLALOO | OKRA AND DASHEEN GREENS SOUP

TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO

TORTILLA DE PLÁTANO MADURO | SWEET PLANTAIN OMELET

CUBA

PELAU | CHICKEN AND RICE

DOMINICA

SNAPPER ESCOVITCH-ISH | GRILLED SNAPPER WITH SPICY SHALLOT VINAIGRETTE

JAMAICA

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Ten Speed Press
Publication date ‏ : ‎ September 10, 2024
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Print length ‏ : ‎ 256 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1984861824
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1984861825
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.14 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.67 x 0.95 x 9.45 inches
Best Sellers Rank: #96,603 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #19 in Caribbean & West Indian Cooking & Wine #25 in General Caribbean Travel Guides #141 in Gluten Free Recipes
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