PDF-[EBOOK] - Coconuts and Collards: Recipes and Stories from Puerto Rico to the Deep South

Finalist International Association of Culinary Professionals Cookbook Awards in the Literary or Historical Food Writing Category When her family moved from Puerto Rico to Atlanta Von Diaz traded plantains roast pork and malta for grits fried chicken and sweet tea Brimming with humor and nostalgia Coconuts and Collards is a recipepacked memoir of growing up Latina in the Deep South The stories center on the women in Diazs family who have used food to nourish and care for one another When her mothernewly single and with two young daughterstook a second job to make ends meet Diaz taught herself to cook preparing meals for her sister after school feeding her mother when she came home late from work During summer visits to Puerto Rico her grandmother guided her rediscovery of the islands flavors and showed her traditional cooking techniques Years later the island called her back to its warm and tropical embrace to be comforted by its familiar flavors Inspired by her grandmothers 1962 copy of Cocina Criollathe Puerto Rican equivalent of the Joy of CookingCoconuts and Collards celebrates traditional recipes while fusing them with Diazs own family history and a contemporary Southern flair Diaz discovers the connections between the food she grew up eating in Atlanta and the African and indigenous influences in so many Puerto Rican dishes The funche recipe is grits kicked up with coconut milk White beans make the catfish corn chowder creamy and give it a Spanish feel The pinchos de pollochicken skewersfeature guava BBQ sauce which doubles as the sauce for adobocoated ribs The pasteln is shepherds pie with sweet plantains And the quingombo recipe would be recognized as stewed okra in any Southern kitchen even if it is laced with warm and aromatic sofrito Diaz innovates for modern palates updating and lightening recipes and offering vegetarian alternatives For the chayotes rellenos stuffed squash she suggests replacing the picadillo sauted ground beef with seitan or tofu She offers alternatives for difficulttofind ingredients like substituting potatoes for yucca and yautaroot vegetables typically paired with a meat to make sancocho Diazs version of this hearty stew features chicken and lean pork And because every good Puerto Rican meal ends with drinks desserts and dancing Diaz includes recipes for besitos de coco coconut kisses rum cake sofrito bloody marys and anticuado an oldfashioned made with rumWith stunning photographs that showcase the geographic diversity of the island and the vibrant ingredients that make up Puerto Rican cuisine this cookbook is a moving story about discovering our roots through the foods that comfort us It is about the foods that remind us of family and help us bridge childhood and adulthood island and mainland birthplace and adopted home. 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