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The ingredients we use in Caribbean cookery tell a story - and it's a hugeswirling tale... The Pepperpot Diaries is Andi Oliver's long-awaited first cookbook. Showcasingboth traditional and new recipes, cherished ingredients and vibrant flavours fromacross the Caribbean. Let Andi Oliver take you on an exploration of identity andheritage as she shows you how to create simple yet sensational dishes that willbring the unbeatable flavours of Caribbean cooking to your table. The story of food captured in this book will take readers on a journey around themelting pot of cultural influences, history and legacy that has uniquely shapedhanded-down and contemporary Caribbean cuisine. Through her travels in Antigua,Andi shares her deeply personal journey on reconnecting with the food she grewup eating - the flavours and ingredients that run through her heart and soul - andwhat the future might hold for Caribbean cookery. This book explores who wewere, who we are, and where we're going - all through the food we eat and thepeople we meet along the way.
About the author
Andi Oliver is an award-winning chef and broadcaster. She is a regular face on our television screens, as the host of the
Sky Arts Live Book Club, Channel 4's
Beat the Chef and Food Unwrapped, and as a contributing chef and host on BBC's
Saturday Kitchen. She has also been the host of the BBC's
Great British Menu for seven years and has an exciting new show coming to BBC2
Andi Oliver's Fabulous Feasts, where she goes around the UK discovering local chefs, suppliers and recipes then bringing it back to the community with a legendary Andi style party. Alongside all these achievements she has been collaborating with her daughter, Miquita for many years starting with their TV show on the BBC
The Caribbean with Andi and Miquita. This has now morphed into their successful warm and hilarious podcast
Stirring It Up which features celebrities and chefs round a table eating and chatting all things food each week, guests include another DK Author Katie Piper.
Summary
The ingredients we use in Caribbean cookery tell a story - and it's a huge
swirling tale...
The Pepperpot Diaries is Andi Oliver's long-awaited first cookbook. Showcasing
both traditional and new recipes, cherished ingredients and vibrant flavours from
across the Caribbean. Let Andi Oliver take you on an exploration of identity and
heritage as she shows you how to create simple yet sensational dishes that will
bring the unbeatable flavours of Caribbean cooking to your table.
The story of food captured in this book will take readers on a journey around the
melting pot of cultural influences, history and legacy that has uniquely shaped
handed-down and contemporary Caribbean cuisine. Through her travels in Antigua,
Andi shares her deeply personal journey on reconnecting with the food she grew
up eating - the flavours and ingredients that run through her heart and soul - and
what the future might hold for Caribbean cookery. This book explores who we
were, who we are, and where we're going - all through the food we eat and the
people we meet along the way.
