Clarkson Potter Ten Speed, Ratgeber, Belly Full (Englisch, Lesley Enston, 2024)

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. &ldquo Lesley&rsquo s recipes inspire in the ways they approach, transcend, and unify cultural boundaries on page after delicious page.&rdquo &mdash Hawa Hassan, author of In Bibi&rsquo s Kitchen Across the English-speaking Caribbean, &ldquo me belly full&rdquo can mean more than just a satisfied stomach, but a heart and soul that&rsquo 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&mdash beans, calabaza, cassava, chayote, coconut, cornmeal, okra, plantains, rice, salted cod, and scotch bonnet peppers&mdash 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&rsquo 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: &bull Cornmeal: Pen Mayi from Haiti and Conkies from Barbados &bull Okra: Callaloo from Trinidad and Tobago and Fungee from Antigua &bull Plantains: Mofongo from Puerto Rico and Tortilla de Plá tano Maduro from Cuba &bull 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.