For a look at tropical cooking with a specialty on Carribean cuisine, check out Tropical Cooking Made Easy by Maria Perez. From drinks and starters, to desserts, the book offers you a walk-through on Carribean cooking. A Head Notes section gives you information on the dish ingredients. For example, did you know that in Sanskrit, the coconut palm is called kalpa vriksha, which translates as “the tree which provides all the necessities of life”. That’s why we call the coconut as the Tree of Life. I love anything with coconut! Trying to woo the love of your life? Try the Serenata Salad – a combination of cod fish, potatoes, eggs, avocado and more… How rich can it get? For dessert, try the Piraguas, shaved ice cone covered with natural syrup of fruity flavors such as rasberry, pineapple, coconut, guava or tamarind, among others. How’s that for a Caribbean feel to your dinner? Go for an exotic meal with pigeon peas rice, Galician broth of Spanish Style Pork Roast. Behind these dishes are influences in Puerto Rican cuisine – Spanish, Indian, and African. Don’t worry about the ingredient, the book lists a wealth of online resources to shop for cooking products, herbs, and all sort of kitchen items.
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Sawadee kha! My name is Gay a.k.a. A Scientist in the Kitchen. Science and cooking are two of my passions. I'm a corn breeder who also loves to eat and cook. My kitchen is in Phitsanulok, Thailand where I am based together with Pasta (yes, I love Italian food!) my black labrador retriever.