Jerk from Jamaica: Barbecue Caribbean Style [A Cookbook] Kindle Edition

It's not an in-depth, novel, overly self-aware, aggressively gourmet book. And that's OK. Thing about jerk is that it's really Food For The People, not haute cuisine. Get too fancy with it and it loses what makes it special in the first place.This book holds well to its roots, I think. It starts from simplicity and kind of keeps it that way. The idea here is to make jerk approachable for someone, so it's not going to get too crazy. And again, that's OK. If you've never had jerk before, or only at a restaurant, then this is a good way to get started. Indeed, after some time spent with this book you may decide that Americanized jerk is missing a certain something.What I'm trying to say is that I found this book to let me approach jerk in a bit more authentic way, I think. Again, it's simple, but then jerk is simple.I like the book very well as an introduction. I stop a little short because even after all I just said, I do wish there were a bit more, I don't know, guidance after one has gone through what this book has to give. It's an introduction but it's not an exhaustive study, and inevitably the home cook will want to experiment - which I don't know that this book really supports.That aside, I do like the book. It's helped me learn (or re-learn) jerk and my cooking is better as a result.

One reviewer says that this book is about one marinade and one recipe for each type of meat. Its true, you get the basic marinades and sauces and then becomes too simplistic. There are very few pictures to see the finished product but the flavors are genuine. Until this or other books on jerk are published with more graphic material, this will be your go to book for jerk flavor. Along with tandoori and barbecue, this completes a trio of cooking sytles that can make you a very dangrous cook.

After our second trip to Jamaica, we decided to get a cookbook to try to recreate some of the delicious food we enjoyed there. We find this book to be very helpful, with simple recipes that so far have produced wonderful results. Ms. Willinsky has given clear directions and options for substitutions when authentic ingredients might be hard to find. We have now made several dinners using recipes from this book, and they have been wonderful!

Cant imagine life without this book. Really is a game changer when it comes too cooking with jerk.

Great pictures easy to follow instructions in each recipe with suggestions for alternatives if item not available. Mouth watering descriptions. Worth buying and already own over 100 cookbooks!

WONDERFUL recipes. It's sleazy a favorite of mine. I live Jamaican jerk so I bought this. I began using it immediately and haven't stopped

looks authentic I look forward to using or adapting from the recipes

Great recipes!

Some ok things to cook. However never known a Jerk recipe that had no garlic or ginger. Maybe it’ was written for the masses

great book and excellent service

My daughter has a jerk Pan. This book is really useful lots of tips. Very good buy

Sorry I thought that I had ordered a hard copy of this book but it seems that I have ordered a Kindle version. So I initially gave this one star. Now that I have read it I have to say it is a great book.

very well presented book