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A Culinary Journey Through the World: Antigua and Barbuda: Fungi and Pepperpot
Paperback
Series: A Culinary Journey Through the World
Food WritingCaribbean & West Indian Cooking
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Mar 6 2026
Pages: 40
Weight: 0.19
Height: 0.10 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Discover Antigua and Barbuda through the story of its most emblematic dish.
A Culinary Journey Through the World: Antigua and Barbuda - Fungi and Pepperpot is the sixth volume in an ongoing series devoted to exploring nations through a single defining meal. It is not merely a book about cooking. It is a cultural portrait told through flavor, memory, and the quiet rituals of the kitchen.
At the heart of this journey stands fungi and pepperpot, the national dish of Antigua and Barbuda. The pairing is deceptively simple: a slow-simmered stew rich with herbs, vegetables, and meat, served alongside a smooth mound of cornmeal stirred patiently with okra. Yet within this humble combination lies a layered history shaped by the Atlantic world, African culinary traditions, colonial encounters, and the rhythms of island life.
Through this single dish, the book explores far more than ingredients and preparation. It traces how food reflects geography, climate, and migration; how recipes travel across oceans and generations; and how a shared meal becomes a language of hospitality and belonging. From the fertile soils of the islands and the surrounding Caribbean Sea to kitchens in London, Toronto, and New York where Antiguan families recreate the taste of home, fungi and pepperpot reveals the enduring connection between food and identity.
Blending culinary storytelling, historical insight, and a carefully presented recipe, this volume invites readers to see Antigua and Barbuda not only as a destination of beaches and sun, but as a living culture expressed through its kitchen. Each page unfolds another layer of the dish's meaning-its textures, aromas, traditions, and the communal moments that surround it.
In this series, every country is approached through one emblematic meal. In Antigua and Barbuda, that meal is fungi and pepperpot-a dish that gathers the warmth of the islands, the resilience of their history, and the spirit of shared tables into a single bowl.
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