Kin: Caribbean Recipes for the Modern Kitchen

Marie Mitchell's debut cookbook, Kin, celebrates Caribbean cuisine and its diaspora, challenging misconceptions and showcasing delicate, rewarding flavours. It is a love letter to her Caribbean identity and a journey through the region's food cultures.

Format: Hardback
Length: 256 pages
Publication date: 06 June 2024
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd

WINNER OF THE FORTNUM AND MASON DEBUT COOKERY BOOK AWARD - RECREATE VIBRANT, PLAYFUL, AND EXPERTLY BALANCED DISHES THAT ARE BURSTING WITH FLAVOUR AND STEEPED IN LEGACY - AN INSTANT MODERN CLASSIC! Jamie Oliver Cookery School - "A beautiful, familiar, and comforting cookbook... I can't wait to buy it for everyone I know!" - Candice Carty-Williams - "An outstanding gem of a book - vibrant, exciting, and full of modern twists! Ixta Belfrage - As the daughter of Jamaican immigrants, Marie Mitchell's cooking is motivated by a powerful desire to understand and celebrate those recipes that have been passed down from generation to generation. In Kin, her hotly anticipated debut cookbook, she shares dishes from the Caribbean and its diaspora, exploring the connection food can foster between different times and different places, and between friends, families, and strangers. Accompanied by gorgeous photographs, many of them shot on location in the Caribbean, the book's eighty recipes - which include crispy saltfish fritters, rich and tempting aubergine curry, slow-cooked jerk pork, zingy lime and ginger cheesecake, and sweet Guinness punch - confound the widespread misconceptions about Caribbean food that abound in the West, which draw on stereotypes of intense heat, pungent smoke, and a handful of familiar dishes. But while chilli is certainly a key ingredient and cooking over fire has a long and storied history, Caribbean cookery is also subtle and playful, layering different notes and spices carefully to create delicate, rewarding flavours. Crackling with energy and heart, Kin is a love letter to Marie's Caribbean identity, a journey through the region's myriad food cultures, and a tribute to this most resourceful, resilient, and joyous of cuisines. Here, Caribbean food emerges as one of the most exciting and diverse culinary traditions in the world, with its rich history, vibrant flavours, and endless possibilities for innovation.

Weight: 968g
Dimension: 246 x 176 x 29 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780241541982