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The Caribbean Canon
Thirty-nine entries
Contents
I1
IIopening
III2
IV8
V26
VIopening
VIIopening
VIII2
IXopening
Xopening
Overview & Cultural Context
Why this cuisine is its own thing — roots, history, the living movement.
The Land & Sea
Terroir — geography, climate, what grows and swims here.
The Pantry
The defining ingredients, named to species.
The Method
The foundational techniques the cuisine is built on.
The Canonical Dishes
The dishes a serious practitioner is expected to know.
The Beverage Tradition
Wines, spirits, ferments, tea and coffee, ceremonial drinks.
The Table & Service
How the food is served and eaten — the order, the rituals, the hospitality.
The Thread
Where this book connects to others — migration, trade, diaspora.
The Lineage & Authorities
The masters, the literature, the sources an entry is anchored to.
The Network
The producers and purveyors who carry the real ingredients.
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Caribbean · V The Canonical Dishes
Soups & Stews
Four entries
Caribbean cooking is built on a logic of foundations: aromatic pastes and marinades that precede every dish, a mastery of the plantain across its full ripeness spectrum, and the African-derived food systems that give the cuisine its structure. From these foundations, the canonical dishes follow — stewed, fried, pounded, and slow-roasted forms that the chapters on proteins, rice, and stews extend and complete.
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