Bookshelf (Summer 1994)
Fortunate Circumstances Trevor McDonald (Weidenfeld & Nicholson 1993) As the anchor for ITN’s nightly News at Ten, Trevor...
Caribbean Kitchen (Summer 1994)
SALT FISH AND ACKEE RECIPE (Jamaica) This is Jamaica’s national dish, and the ackees — the essence of the dish — are the...
Upbeat (Autumn 1994)
Cool Runnings Various artists (Chaos/Columbia) As a movie, Cool Runnings is so engaging that it’s possible to be completely oblivious...
Bookshelf (Autumn 1994)
An Island is a World Samuel Selvon (TSAR, Canada 1993) Sam Selvon’s neglected second novel, first published in 1955, was republished...
Island Beat (Autumn 1994)
Laramania The world knows that the West Indian cricketer Brian Lara set a new world record for the highest score in a test match in Antigua...
Bookshelf (Winter 1994)
A Way In The World V. S. Naipaul (Knopf/Heinemann, 1994) The American edition of Naipaul’s latest book calls it a...
Caribbean Kitchen (Winter 1994)
Because the Caribbean is a meeting-point for so many cultures, a trip through the islands can produce as much variety as a trip across four...
Caribbean Kitchen (Spring 1995)
GUYANA PEPPER POT RECIPE 2 kg stewing beef, cubed 200 g salt beef or pig tail 120 g brown sugar 1 lime salt to taste 1/2 cup cassareep (see...
