Copyright © 2006, 2010, 2018 by Ramin Ganeshram.

      Photography copyright © Jean-Paul Vellotti 2006, 2010, 2018

      All rights reserved.

      For further information, contact:

      HIPPOCRENE BOOKS, INC.

      171 Madison Avenue

      New York, NY 10016

       www.hippocrenebooks.com

      Book design by Brittany Hince and K & P Publishing

      “The Sweetest Memories” (page 240) essay first appeared in Islands Magazine, September 2008

      The “Fresh Catch” essay (page 104) first appeaared in Islands Magazine, May 2007.

       Additional photo credits:

      p. xii Pommerac: “Jamaican Apple” © istockphoto.com/JokoHarismoyo

      p. 4 Trinidad & Tobago Map: “Trinidad and Tobago Political Map—Illustration” © istockphoto.com/PeterHermesFurian

      p. 50 Accras: “Cod Fritters” © istockphoto.com/carpaumar

      p. 73 Colette’s Cilantro Chili Wings: “Barbecue Chicken Wings with a Beer” © istockphoto.com/LauriPatterson

      p. 78 Soused Lambie: “Conch Salad on a plate” © istockphoto.com/Anna Bryukhanova

      p. 134 “An ear of corn field” by Maks Norodenko/shutterstock.com

      p. 149 Fried Sweet Plantains: “Fried Plantains” © istockphoto.com/princessdlaf

      p. 151 “Two bananas isolated on white background” by Maks Norodenko/shutterstock.com

      p. 166 Chicken Pelau “Trinidad & Tobago Chicken Pelau and Fresh Salad” by pansticks/shutterstock.com

      p. 193 M’Busbes “Food Photography on a Tablecloth” by Christopher Coates/shutterstock.com

      p. 207 Coconut Cream Pie: “Coconut Custard Pie” © istockphoto.com/THEPALMER

      p. 226/227 Guava Cheese “Brazilian dessert goiabada with fresh goiaba on wooden table” by Iuliia Timofeeva/shutterstock.com

      p. 248 Coconut Ice Cream “Coconut Ice Cream in the Coconut Shell” by Zoryanchick/shutterstock.com

      p. 284 Sorrel: “Cold Brew Hibiscus Tea with ice and Mint Leaves” © istockphoto.com/alpaksoy

      Previous Editions:

      Original hardcover edition ISBN-10: 0-7818-1125-2

      Second edition in paperback ISBN-13: 978-0-7818-1250-4

       Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

       Ganeshram, Ramin.

       Sweet hands: island cooking from Trinidad & Tobago / Ramin Ganeshram; with photography by Jean-Paul Vellotti; and a foreward by Molly O’Neill.

       p. cm.

       Includes index.

       eISBN 978-0-7818-8718-2 (ebook)

       1. Cookery, Trinidadian. 2. Cookery--Trinidad and Tobago. I. Vellotti, Jean-Paul. II. Title.

       TX716.T7G36 2010

       641.5972983--dc22

      2010020761

      For my brother, Ramesh,

       who loves “home food” more than anyone.

       And our parents

       Krisnaram and Parvin Ganeshram

       — someday we’ll be together.