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Create Your Own Caribbean Culinary Magic“Tortuga Rum Fever & Caribbean Party Cookbook”Rum – the western world’s oldest liquor is now the New Millennium’s hottest spirits – and not just in a cocktail glass. It’s been a secret ingredient of Caribbean cooks for over 300 years. Now bartenders and chefs all over the world are catching Rum Fever and rediscovering its mystique. You can too with the “Tortuga Rum Fever & Caribbean Party Cookbook”. Written by Grand Cayman author Barbara Currie Dailey, the “Tortuga Rum Fever & Caribbean Party Cookbook” (ISBN: 976-95054-0-4, Island Fever Press Ltd, 304 pages) features more than 400 rum-spiked and spicy island recipes. It is filled with humor, fascinating tidbits of island life and Caribbean culinary curiosities like conch, giant crabs and mango. It opens with an intoxicating mix of rum’s colorful history and quirky folklore topped off with more than 190 drink recipes; then completes the party menu with more than 200 tempting island dishes and original rum-spiked delights. Its salute to the Tortuga Rum Company Ltd. tells the unusual story of this family-owned, Grand Cayman business that introduced the first quality local label rums to this nearly sugar-cane free country, now twenty years ago. Learn to make Western Caribbean comfort food, favorite native dishes and sweets from Cayman and Jamaica like Conch Stewed in Coconut Milk, spicy West Indian Pumpkin Soup and Rum Coconut Cream Pie. Discover mouthwatering recipes, from breakfast specialties to flaming desserts, all made with a hint of rum, West Indian spices – or both. Whether your menu features traditional Caribbean Rum Punch and Stamp and Go, Cayman Mamas and conch fritters, or classic Mojitos and Lobster in Rum Butter, you’ll find everything you need to plan a real Caribbean party – except the Tortuga rum bottle, rum cake and live reggae band And don’t expect to find the recipe for the authentic, world-known Tortuga Caribbean Rum Cake. That recipe remains a four generations old family secret. Fortunately, Tortuga Rum Cakes are the Cayman Island’s #1 export and souvenir and the company ships these moist delectable treats throughout the world. Barbara Currie Dailey’s “Tortuga Rum Fever and Caribbean Party Cookbook” is an instant favorite of all who love the Caymans and the Caribbean. FATHOMS magazine calls the book a “combination of historical Caribbean lore… rollicking anecdotes… and spirit-spiked adventure for your palette.” “ Tortuga Rum Fever & Caribbean Party Cookbook” is available for $19.95US throughout the Cayman Islands at Tortuga Rum Company’s 17 retail and duty free outlets; or via mail order at 800-444-0625 or online at www.tortugarums.com Founded in 1984, the Tortuga Rum Company, Ltd. is a family owned and operated business based in Grand Cayman, B.W.I. with Tortuga Imports/Tortuga Rum Cake Company handling worldwide distribution, mail order and online sales from Miami, Florida. Great GuidebooksFodor’s 04 Caribbean INSIGHT GUIDES Caribbean Cruises Get a taste of the Caribbean.WALKERSWOOD CARIBBEAN KITCHEN Many tastes of the Bahamas & Culinary Influences of
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