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Summary: Feast Your Eyes
Review: 'Culinaria - The Caribbean' is a big, wonderful book on the cultural and culinary sides of the Caribbean. Readers will be treated to a visual tour from Bermuda to the Netherland Antilles and many places in between: The Bahamas, Haiti, Dominica, and more. This is a great coffee table book with enough recipes to tempt you to keep it in the kitchen. The photography throughout is absolutely beautiful. But be warned: After purchasing the book, you'll probably want to see your local travel agent. VERY tempting! Enjoy.
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Summary: The Best Cookbook on the West Indies!!!
Review: Both my parents are from the West Indies (Barbados & St. Vincent) and I have seen a lot of cookbooks about the Caribbean. This was the first book that provided SO much detail and the pictures where so life-like. It transports you to the island with pictures rich in colour and recipes from every island. I loved this book so much that I got one for my mother!
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Summary: The Best Cookbook on the West Indies!!!
Review: Both my parents are from the West Indies (Barbados & St. Vincent) and I have seen a lot of cookbooks about the Caribbean. This was the first book that provided SO much detail and the pictures where so life-like. It transports you to the island with pictures rich in colour and recipes from every island. I loved this book so much that I got one for my mother!
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Summary: Wonderful (Although Limited) Tour of the Caribbean!
Review: I am a CULINARIA series fan. I own this book, plus the other CULINARIA entries on Spain, France, USA,Germany and, most recently, Italy. I am of Cuban origin, grew up in Puerto Rico, and have visited almost all the Caribbean islands at one time or another (I think I am only missing Haiti and Antigua!). I was simply amazed by the whirlwind tour through the Caribbean that the editor(Ms. Parkinson) takes us; it is a veritable travelogue of the multitude of foods and cultures of the Caribbean islands. However, I was sometimes puzzled by her choices. For example, she chose not to hightlight the Puerto Rican rum industry (enormous and world-renowned) while she focused on the peppermint candy production(?) on the island. Generally, her whole treatment of the food history, industry and recipes of the bigger islands (Dominican Republic, Cuba, Puerto Rico) is...well, skimpy. Although I understand that the food and cultures of the smaller islands are usually not served well by compilation books such as this one, I felt that the book need to delve deeper, be more comprehensive and fair to all the islands. After all, the Caribbean islands have more in common with each other than they are dissimilar. However, I believe that the book is a wonderful travel guide through the beautiful island worlds of the deep blue and warmth of the Caribbean! Not the strongest addition to the CULINARIA series, but still worth the trouble of obtaining and enjoying!
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Summary: Excellent
Review: I brought the book in my home island Barbados, I am very impress. It taught me all about the Caribbean, culture and taste of my fellow West Indians. It also encourages me to visit the other Caribbean islands. It is must for every-one to have.
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Summary: Another amazing book in the Culinaria series
Review: I find this book more as a geographical guide to the caribbean then as a culinary guide. It's amazing to see again and again all those beautiful landscapes.
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Summary: Excellent representation
Review: I was first introduced to this book when visiting a friend's flat in London. It was their only coffee table book, now I know why. Being from the Caribbean myself (Barbados)and having travelled the Caribbean extensively, I found it to be a fair representation of the islands and their culinary delights. Not only in the simplicity of the recipes which I have been putting to the test but also the clarity in the photos, the culture highlights, it's a must for every Caribbean lover. I have bought a copy for my coffeee table and it's now become a favourite with all my friends.
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Summary: the culinaria series RULES
Review: This book is $20! It's almost 500 pages of full-color, stunning photos, on heavy stock. The text is accurate and the island-by-island separation conveniently showcases the culinary variety within the Caribbean. Essentially a coffee-table book but useful as a pre-vacaiton travel guide, and the recipes are totally authentic (never thought I'd see a book in the US with the typical Martiniquais ti'punch recipe of "put a teaspoon of sugar syrup in a tall glass, put in a piece of lime, and fill it up 1/4 full with white rum"), so even if you don't make any of them, they're a joy to read.
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Summary: Authentic & Comprehensive Book
Review: This is a beautiful book! It not only covers the cultures of many of the Caribbean islands, with beautiful full color photographs and text, but it has a multitude of authentic Caribbean recipes. It even has recipes to blend your own jerk or Caribbean curry seasonings. I would highly recommend this book to anyone who loves the Caribbean.
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Summary: Authentic & Comprehensive Book
Review: `Culinaria - The Caribbean' is a big, wonderful book on the cultural and culinary sides of the Caribbean. Readers will be treated to a visual tour from Bermuda to the Netherland Antilles and many places in between: The Bahamas, Haiti, Dominica, and more. This is a great coffee table book with enough recipes to tempt you to keep it in the kitchen. The photography throughout is absolutely beautiful. But be warned: After purchasing the book, you'll probably want to see your local travel agent. VERY tempting! Enjoy.
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