Condition: BRAND NEW
ISBN: 9781526644428
Format: Paper over boards
Year: 2023
Publisher: Bloomsbury


Description:
SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2023 ANDRE SIMON BEST COOKBOOK AWARD

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The BBC Radio 4 Food Programme Books of the Year 2022

The Observer New Review Books of the Year 2022

The Telegraph Top Cookbooks of 2022

The Financial Times Top 5 Cookbooks of 2022

The Week Best food books of 2022

Delicious Magazine Best Cook Books of 2022

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'Melissa captures her love of food and its roots deliciously' - Ainsley Harriott



Motherland is a cookbook that charts the history of the people, influences and ingredients that uniquely united to create the wonderful patchwork cuisine that is Jamaican food today.



There are recipes for the classics, like saltfish fritters, curry goat and patties, as well as Melissa's own twists and family favourites, such as-

Oxtail nuggets with pepper sauce mayo

Ginger beer prawns

Smoky aubergine rundown

Sticky rum and tamarind wings

Grapefruit cassava cake

Guinness punch pie.



Running through the recipes are essays charting the origins and evolution of Jamaica's famous dishes, from the contribution of indigenous Jamaicans, the Redware and Taano peoples; the impact of the Spanish and British colonisation; the inspiration and cooking techniques brought from West and Central Africa by enslaved men and women; and the influence of Indian and Chinese indentured workers who came to the island.



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