Praised as "masterful" by the "New York Times" and "uncommonly
talented" by "Publishers Weekly" and winner of the 1999 Martin
Luther King Jr. Achievement Award, Austin Clarke has a
distinguished reputation as one of the preeminent Caribbean writers
of our time. In "Pig Tails 'n Breadfruit," he has created a
tantalizing "culinary memoir" of his childhood in Barbados. Clarke
describes how he learned traditional Bajan cooking--food with
origins in the days of slavery, hardship, and economic grief--by
listening to this mother, aunts, and cousins talking in the kitchen
as they prepared each meal.
"Pig Tails 'n Breadfruit" is not a recipe book; rather, each
chapter is devoted to a detailed description of the ritual
surrounding the preparation of a particular native dish--Oxtails
with Mushrooms, Smoked Ham Hocks with Lima Beans, or Breadfruit
Cou-Cou with Braising Beef. Cooking here, as in Clarke's home, is
based not on precise measurements, but on trial and error, taste
and touch. As a result, the process becomes utterly sensual, and
the author's exquisite language artfully translates sense into
words, creating a rich and intoxicating personal memoir.
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