Kin: Caribbean Recipes for the Modern Kitchen

As the daughter of Jamaican immigrants, Marie Mitchell cooks to understand and celebrate recipes that have been passed down from generation to generation. In Kin, her hotly anticipated debut cookbook, she shares dishes from the Caribbean and its diaspora, exploring the connection food can foster between different times and different places, and between friends, families, and strangers. Accompanied by gorgeous photographs, many shot in the Caribbean, the book’s eighty recipes--which include crispy saltfish fritters, rich and tempting eggplant curry, slow-cooked jerk pork, zingy lime and ginger cheesecake, and sweet Guinness punch--challenge the widespread misconceptions about Caribbean food that abound in the West. Caribbean cookery is subtle and playful, layering different notes and spices carefully to create delicate, rewarding flavors. Crackling with energy and heart, Kin is a love letter to Marie’s Caribbean identity, a journey through the region’s myriad food cultures, and a tribute to this most resourceful, resilient, and joyous of cuisines.