Keja L. Valens, Culinary Colonialism, Caribbean Cookbooks, and Recipes for National Independence

Authors

  • Alessandra Pino Independent Scholar Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1558/ppc.31474

Keywords:

culinary colonialism, caribbean, cookbooks, independence, recipes

Abstract

Keja L. Valens, Culinary Colonialism, Caribbean Cookbooks, and Recipes for National Independence. Rutgers University Press, 2024, 504 pp, $42.95. ISBN 9781978829541.

Author Biography

  • Alessandra Pino, Independent Scholar

    Alessandra Pino is an expert on the intersections of the Gothic, food, and cultural memory. She holds degrees from ‘L’Orientale’ University, Naples (Italy), and from the University of Westminster (UK, MA in Translation Studies); she was awarded a PhD in Food, Cultural Memory, and the Gothic in 2022. Alessandra is the co-author of A Gothic Cookbook, which digs into food themes and motifs in a series of classic and contemporary novels from the nineteenth century to the present day and the co-host of Fear Feasts, a podcast which analyses the horror genre – films and books – through the lens of food. She publishes and speaks/lectures on the history of food, cultural memory, the supernatural, horror and the Gothic in journals, anthologies, TV and podcasts.

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Published

2024-11-21

Issue

PPC 130 (2024)

Section

Book Reviews

How to Cite

Pino, Alessandra. 2024. “Keja L. Valens, Culinary Colonialism, Caribbean Cookbooks, and Recipes for National Independence”. Petits Propos Culinaires, November, 122-24. https://doi.org/10.1558/ppc.31474.