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Père Labat’s Banana Pastilles
I was about to finally get down to post about the culinary event in Düsseldorf, but I got sidetracked by my current book project on buccaneer cuisine again and instead, I want to share this gem from Jean Baptiste Labat’s … Continue reading
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More Buccaneer Cooking Experiments
I had last weekend off, and aside from spending significant time pursuing sloth, I took the opportunity to make some more culinary experiments for my current writing project, the buccaneer cookbook. The focus this time was another staple, cassava. Cassava … Continue reading
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Buccaneer Cuisine: Breaded Palm Grubs
While working on my book on the food of the buccaneers, I came across this beautiful example of seventeenth-century fusion cuisine from the works of Jean Baptiste Labat: “I was made to eat vers de palmiste, an insect that is … Continue reading
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Buccaneer Cooking: Sweet Potatoes and Pimentade
Another post on buccaneer cookery, with apologies for missing out two consecutive days due to illness. Sunday’s experimental sessions included a simple, but quite pleasing dish. It is based on a description in Alexandre Exquemelin’s Bucaniers of America. The English … Continue reading
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