The Sugar Mill Caribbean Cookbook: Casual and Elegant Recipes Inspired by the Islands - Hardcover

Morgan, Jinx; Morgan, Jefferson

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1558321209 ISBN 13: 9781558321205

Publisher: Harvard Common Pr, 1996

Synopsis

In The Sugar Mill Caribbean Cookbook, the Morgans show that you do not need to live in the Caribbean to cook in the island style. In more than 250 recipes that use ingredients easy to find in American groceries, they demystify island cooking. They celebrate the many roots of Caribbean cuisine - native Carib and Arawak, African, Cajun, Latin American, and European - and they make it accessible to home cooks without sacrificing its authenticity or its subtle nuances.
Caribbean food features intense flavors, lively combinations of spices, and delectable juxtapositions of coolness and heat, sweetness and tang. From their California roots, the Morgans bring an emphasis on fresh seasonal produce and a light and elegant style. With menu suggestions for sophisticated entertaining, and with a wealth of ideas for simple and terrific everyday meals, this book is the ideal companion for travelers who have visited the islands and want to recreate its cooking at home and for fans of global cooking who want to master a new and fascinating cuisine with ease.

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Review:

Jinx and Jefferson Morgan own the Sugar Mill, a much-loved resort on the island of Tortola in the British Virgin Islands. From there, they have explored the Caribbean and packed their culinary discoveries into The Caribbean Cookbook. There are dishes suited to company dinners, as well as easy-going food like Rum-Glazed Chicken Wings, Red Bean and Rice Salad, and Rasta Pasta. Some dishes are traditional, others use the ingredients and flavors of the islands in original ways. The Morgans are friendly and free-wheeling and pack lots of local lore and culinary information into this sunny book.

From the Back Cover:

Anyone can cook in the Island Style! From celebrated food writers Jinx and Jefferson Morgan and the finest restaurant in the Caribbean, here are 250 delectable home-style dishes, for sumptuous entertaining and for casual family meals.

Jinx and Jefferson Morgan have written a great guide to Caribbean cuisine-a fascinating mix of foods and cultures. And with their mainland backgrounds they have made it easy for us to enjoy, too. -Robert Mondavi, Robert Mondavi Winery

Jinx and Jefferson Morgan are passionate about food! Now everyone can enjoy their food, their humor, and their world. -Jessica B. Harris, author of Iron Pots and Wooden Spoons

You can almost feel the seabreezes and taste the lucious, earthy food-all from Jinx and Jeff Morgans book! The recipes are easy-to-follow, fun, informative, and great for parties as well as informal family meals. -Carlo Middione, author of La Vera Cucina

This charming book, with its lively prose and flavor-packed recipes, is the next best thing to cocktails and dinner at the Sugar Mill! -Steven Raichlen, author of Miami Spiceand The Caribbean Pantry

Jinx and Jeff Morgan have given us all a good-time way to understand the dramatic, colorful, lusty tastes of the Caribbean. This book is a beckoning and reassuring guide for anyone who has ever dreamed of cooking this way. -Norman Van Aken, author of Norman Van Akens Feast of Sunlight

About this edition

• Publisher: Harvard Common Pr
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 1558321209
• ISBN 13: 9781558321205
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 272
• Illustrator: Reinhardt Dorothy