Copyright © 2006, 2010, 2018 by Ramin Ganeshram.
Photography copyright © Jean-Paul Vellotti 2006, 2010, 2018
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“The Sweetest Memories” (page 240) essay first appeared in Islands Magazine, September 2008
The “Fresh Catch” essay (page 104) first appeaared in Islands Magazine, May 2007.
Additional photo credits:
p. xii Pommerac: “Jamaican Apple” © istockphoto.com/JokoHarismoyo
p. 4 Trinidad & Tobago Map: “Trinidad and Tobago Political Map—Illustration” © istockphoto.com/PeterHermesFurian
p. 50 Accras: “Cod Fritters” © istockphoto.com/carpaumar
p. 73 Colette’s Cilantro Chili Wings: “Barbecue Chicken Wings with a Beer” © istockphoto.com/LauriPatterson
p. 78 Soused Lambie: “Conch Salad on a plate” © istockphoto.com/Anna Bryukhanova
p. 134 “An ear of corn field” by Maks Norodenko/shutterstock.com
p. 149 Fried Sweet Plantains: “Fried Plantains” © istockphoto.com/princessdlaf
p. 151 “Two bananas isolated on white background” by Maks Norodenko/shutterstock.com
p. 166 Chicken Pelau “Trinidad & Tobago Chicken Pelau and Fresh Salad” by pansticks/shutterstock.com
p. 193 M’Busbes “Food Photography on a Tablecloth” by Christopher Coates/shutterstock.com
p. 207 Coconut Cream Pie: “Coconut Custard Pie” © istockphoto.com/THEPALMER
p. 226/227 Guava Cheese “Brazilian dessert goiabada with fresh goiaba on wooden table” by Iuliia Timofeeva/shutterstock.com
p. 248 Coconut Ice Cream “Coconut Ice Cream in the Coconut Shell” by Zoryanchick/shutterstock.com
p. 284 Sorrel: “Cold Brew Hibiscus Tea with ice and Mint Leaves” © istockphoto.com/alpaksoy
Previous Editions:
Original hardcover edition ISBN-10: 0-7818-1125-2
Second edition in paperback ISBN-13: 978-0-7818-1250-4
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Ganeshram, Ramin.
Sweet hands: island cooking from Trinidad & Tobago / Ramin Ganeshram; with photography by Jean-Paul Vellotti; and a foreward by Molly O’Neill.
p. cm.
Includes index.
eISBN 978-0-7818-8718-2 (ebook)
1. Cookery, Trinidadian. 2. Cookery--Trinidad and Tobago. I. Vellotti, Jean-Paul. II. Title.
TX716.T7G36 2010
641.5972983--dc22
2010020761
For my brother, Ramesh,
who loves “home food” more than anyone.
And our parents
Krisnaram and Parvin Ganeshram
— someday we’ll be together.
Contents
SOUPS, STREET FOODS & SMALL BITES