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Loads of people in my family don't eat meat or fish. And in Caribbean cooking it's not a new idea, veganism. They call it 'ital' and that's how Rastafarians have eaten for decades.
“Loads of people in my family don't eat meat or fish. And in Caribbean cooking it's not a new idea, veganism. They call it 'ital' and that's how Rastafarians have eaten for decades.”
— Andi Oliver · Caribbean
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“Loads of people in my family don't eat meat or fish. And in Caribbean cooking it's not a new idea, veganism. They call it 'ital' and that's how Rastafarians have eaten for decades.”
“The world we live in is a multicultural one, but food is a great leveller, a universal symbol for friendship, a simple way of coming together as people.”
“I was the landlady of the Birdcage pub on Columbia Road flower market for four years and that was intensely London.”
“In Barbados, you have a beer with your food at 8 A.M. on a Saturday morning and basically go on a pub crawl.”
“I learned a beautiful way of cooking lamb when I was in Morocco, which is a technique where I poach it first in a whole bunch of really incredible spices. Anything you like - cumin seeds, coriander seeds, peppercorns, star anise, whatever you fancy.”
“People don't know barbecue is a Taino-Indian words. They think it's American! And jerk chicken is from the Maroon and Taino people, too.”
“Legislation for the Caribbean basin has led to more jobs in the Dominican Republic.”
“Whether it evokes pleasant memories of holidays in the Caribbean, or best-forgotten outings to Notting Hill, most of us have experienced jerk chicken in one form or another.”
“We Cubans are voting for our new constitution, we're voting for Latin America and the Caribbean. We're also voting for Venezuela, we're defending Venezuela because in Venezuela the continent's dignity is in play.”
“When I finished the trilogy of 'Pirates of the Caribbean' movies, I had a gear shift and thought, 'I need to take a moment to smell the roses.'”
“To some degree, I was very dubious of the 'Pirates of the Caribbean' idea - taking a theme park ride and turning into a film - even though they seemed to end up being quite fun films.”
“When you're on one of the Caribbean islands, sometimes it's hard to picture how they fit in with the rest, but when you see them all joined together like a necklace from space, you see the natural geographic connectedness of them all.”