Melting Pot, The - World Recipes from Wales — World Recipes from Wales

Disgrifiad Cymraeg / Welsh Description

Dathliad o ryseitiau amrywiol gan aelodau cymunedau ethnig lleiafrifol o Gymru a geir yn y gyfrol hon. Cynhwysir casgliad o 30 o ryseitiau yn tynnu ynghyd flasau a thraddodiadau ar draws y byd, o Bali i Zimbabwe. Cofnodir y straeon y tu ôl i'r prydau, gan gydnabod bod bwyd yn iaith ryngwladol, gyffredinol, drwy'r hon y gallwn oll gyfathrebu a rhannu â'n gilydd.

Disgrifiad Saesneg / English Description

The Melting Pot is a celebration of the diverse recipes contributed by members of the minority ethnic community in Wales. This collection of thirty world recipes draws together flavours, inspirations and traditions from Bali to Zimbabwe and the rich stories behind each dish, recognising food as a universal language through which we can all communicate and share.

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Bywgraffiad yr Awdur / Author Biography

Maggie Ogunbanwo's Maggie's: An African Twist to Your Everyday Dish operates from The Red Lion in the village of Penygroes in North Wales, surrounded by the beautiful Snowdonia countryside. Its roots, however, are deep in African soil, passed down through generations of instinctive but highly gifted culinary masters. Maggie's influences flow from her mam and nain (mum and grandmother in Welsh) and are extended through contact with and work in environments with West Indian, Caribbean, Indian, Italian, Mediterranean and Latino foods. They continue to grow and meld, with an additional Welsh touch added to the mix, widening Maggie's international scope to tantalise a range of taste buds. As well as her passion for food and cooking, Maggie is committed to the quality and support of local providers. Huw Jones is a food photography specialist based in Newport, South Wales. His specifically designed studio is amongst the best equipped in the UK, with all dishes prepared and photographed on site using the highest-standard industry equipment. Huw's stunning images showcase Gilli Davies's recipes in the Graffeg's Flavours of Wales and Flavours of England series, as well as the range of seasonal cookbooks from Angela Gray's Cookery School.

Adolygiad y Cyhoeddwr / Publisher Review

In this addition to Graffeg’s beautifully produced range of small cookery books, Maggie Ogunbanwo and other members of the Welsh BAME community offer ‘a collection of thirty recipes celebrating food as a language through which those settling in unfamiliar communities have been able to reach out, communicate and share.’ Contributors include professional chefs, such as Ogunbanwo herself and Bridgend-based Peter Marezana, as well as members of non-profit groups, like the Cardiff-based charity Women Connect First and the Syrian Dinner Project in Aberystwyth. Reflecting the diversity of the Welsh BAME community, this aptly named book offers recipes (all of which are accompanied by wonderful, mouth-watering photos by Huw Jones) from a wide sweep of countries, including Nigeria, Kenya, Zimbabwe, Tanzania, Bali, Bangladesh, Egypt, Syria, Barbados, Jamaica and Colombia. It really is a glorious melting pot, in so many ways. Each recipe has a short introductory paragraph in which the contributor talks about traditions, personal memories and anecdotes, and family associations, so that the focus is not simply on food, but also on the culture and connections that surround it. The book is divided into three sections – Starters & Soups, Mains, and Desserts & Drinks – containing a good mix of some simple dishes that take just a few minutes to prepare, and others with longer lists of ingredients and longer preparation and cooking times. There is also a fairly balanced combination of meat- or fish-based, vegetarian and vegan recipes – sometimes with easy options for adding or excluding meat and fish. Some ingredients might be difficult to find locally, particularly in rural areas, so you might need to think ahead and source them online, though the contributors sometimes suggest more readily available alternatives. Several of the recipes specify particular ingredients sold by contributors’ own outlets – for example, for Charmaine and Earl Smikle’s Three-Bean Bajan Croquettes, you’ll need to get some Bajan seasoning from Earl’s Kitchen (which produces ‘artisan Caribbean cooking sauces to bring sunshine to every meal’), and for Maggie Ogunbanwo’s Quick Chicken Jollof Rice, you’ll need Maggie’s Spice Up Chicken and Maggie’s This and That mix from Maggie’s Exotic Foods (which sells ‘a range of exotic homemade products including authentic spice mixes and pastes’). In this way, The Melting Pot serves not just to encourage us to bring world food into our own kitchens, but also to spotlight BAME enterprises in Wales. I would’ve loved a few extra pages at the end of the book offering short biographies of the contributors, and providing addresses and links for their physical and online outlets, which would save readers a lot of time spent on online searches. But the browsing was fun – both online and through the book, which has something for everyone. I think I’m going to be starting with Peter Marezana’a Spinach Lasagna accompanied by his Tuscan-Style Jamboree and Un-beet-able Salad. Or perhaps Justina John’s Lamb Pilau Rice with Kachumbari Salad. Or… It’s making my mouth water just thinking about it.