Caribbean Recipes "Old and New" - Tapa dura

Caribbean Recipes "Old & New" is a comprehensive Caribbean cookbook with over 400 recipes, some originals plus new recipes created in the Caribbean style of cooking. Many recipes come from the author’s restaurant, "The Cove" in Barbados. The book is written in the style of a family memoir as the author tells of gatherings and cooking experiences throughout her life. The book includes some of the author’s biography, hints and substitutes concerning food preparation, and a glossary of Caribbean foods. Each chapter is color-coded in bright Caribbean colors and contains a little story followed by the appropriate recipes and food photography. The pages are illustrated with original watercolor art sketches done by the author’s father, Gordon Parkinson, who is an artist well known throughout the Caribbean. The book is printed in large font for ease of reading, with recipes that are easy to follow. It also contains a page at the end entitled "My own recipes" for you to add any new or given Caribbean recipes.

Laurelann Morley main education was in Barbados and then she went to England for college. She strongly believes that food is part of culture and heritage, one, which West Indians should never forget. Morley had an absorbing interest in food and cooking from a young age. When she worked for an airline company, she traveled extensively, always returning home to recreate dishes from all over the world. As a stay-at-home-mom, she started a catering business, and wrote her first cookbook entitled Cooking With Caribbean Rum. During this time I also worked as a columnist with Caribbean Week newspapers, wrote articles for Simply Elegant and Maco magazines and worked as a food consultant with a few hotels and restaurants in Barbados. She fulfilled her lifetime dream of opening a family run restaurant,"The Cove" in Barbados where they specialize in "Caribbeanizing food."" Laurelann Morley main education was in Barbados and then she went to England for college. She strongly believes that food is part of culture and heritage, one, which West Indians should never forget. Morley had an absorbing interest in food and cooking from a young age. When she worked for an airline company, she traveled extensively, always returning home to recreate dishes from all over the world. As a stay-at-home-mom, she started a catering business, and wrote her first cookbook entitled Cooking With Caribbean Rum. During this time I also worked as a columnist with Caribbean Week newspapers, wrote articles for Simply Elegant and Maco magazines and worked as a food consultant with a few hotels and restaurants in Barbados. She fulfilled her lifetime dream of opening a family run restaurant,"The Cove" in Barbados where they specialize in "Caribbeanizing food.""