Plentiful: Vegan Jamaican Recipes to Repeat

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It was so hard to decide which of all the recipes in this wonderful book to share with you today, but inspired by my love of the Thai version, Yum Khao Tod (I go regularly to Supawan Thai in King’s Cross for its divine iteration of it) I plumped happily for her Crispy Rice Salad with Crunchy Green Vegetables and Salted Cashews. That was something that I really wanted to get right, and I went on this endless rabbit hole of how can I make a vegan version of a beef patty. And the recipe has changed loads,” says Moore from her home in Margate, a seaside town in southeast England. Dee fantastically fuses her Jamaican heritage into a glorious array of inventive, novel ideas. A treat!” – Riaz Phillips, author of West Winds Plentiful: Vegan Jamaican Recipes to Repeat is chef and musician Denai Moore’s first book. Photo by Hardie Grant Books

Publishing director Kajal Mistry acquired world all-language rights from Silé Edwards while at Mushens Entertainment. It will be published in April 2023.

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Divided into fabulously titled chapters such as Sides that Have Main Event Energy and Dessert as a Lifestyle, Plentiful is a playful exploration of plant-based Caribbean cuisine. British-Jamaican Denai Moore’s recipes include plantain and lentils with hot pistachio and corn nut dressing. 3. Pomegranates & Artichokes, by Saghar Setareh Moore launched her pop-up Dee’s Table in 2017 after a trip to Jamaica, bringing her vision of modern Jamaican plant-based food to life, and she was listed in Forbes’ 30 Under 30 Entertainment list in 2022. Hot tip: chill longer than mentioned, perhaps. I think it will even depend on what brand of vegan butter you use! And especially if your house is particularly warm. I was doing this in the dead of summer and this LA heat is no joke! Plentiful” belongs to a wave of recent cookbooks that honor the cooking traditions of Jamaica while also reframing the country’s cuisine."– Mayukh Sen, The Washington Post Moore was born in Spanish Town, Jamaica, where she learned to play keyboards from her father. Her family moved to Stratford, London when she was 10. [5] After she left school, she played in small clubs in East London, and appeared as a guest vocalist on SBTRKT's 2014 album Wonder Where We Land. She later signed with Because Music. [6]

Jamaican food is often misrepresented, simplified and reduced to being really spicy – and MEAT heavy. Denai is a Jamaican chef who loves to make vegan food and in Plentiful she debunks this taboo about Jamaican food. With this book, she shows how exciting, diverse, and vibrant vegan flavours and Jamaican food truly are. Many people cook meals for themselves alone — one-person households are the most common type in Canada — though tailored recipes are conspicuously absent from most cookbooks. This disconnect drove Moore to write the chapter, “Romanticize Cooking for One.”We probably eat on our own most of the day. It’s something that a lot of food writers maybe don’t necessarily think about. And I know I’ve been in that scenario, where I’ve wanted to make a recipe or have a craving for something. And then I’m like, ‘Ah, just for me?’ It feels like I shouldn’t bother. When you cook for yourself, you tend to rush, or you don’t make the time for it.”