Tue., Jan. 5 2010 @ 6:34AM
If you're not a subscriber to our weekly Café Bites dining newsletter for Broward and Palm Beach counties, here's a taste of what you
missed this week. Click here to subscribe.Put the eclectic flavors
of South Florida -- the "New American Riviera" -- on your own kitchen table with
pair of new cookbooks from a Fort Lauderdale chef.
Michael Bennett, top
toque at
Bimini
Boatyard, dishes the tricks and techniques of his "Caribb-ican" cuisine in
his just-released
In the Land of Misfits, Pirates and Cooks, then
continues exploring the melding of Caribbean and American cuisines in the
soon-to-debut
Underneath a Cloudless Sky.
The books are the
product of four years of traveling the Caribbean and soaking up
its culinary heritage before taking over the Boatyard's kitchen in
2008. In addition to putting a more healthful spin on Caribbean-esque cookery,
the books serve up a roster of sauces, marinades, glazes, mops, and rubs that
can be matched to a variety of meats, fish, and poultry.
As Bennett puts
it, "These recipes are open to experimentation and are only limited by the
vastness of your imagination. I organized the book so you don't think you have
to use a certain sauce with a certain entree. The recipes are separated in a
multitude of combinations -- with your taste buds being the only decisive
restriction."
Misfits and
Sky are both available
here , as well as at
Amazon.com, Johnson & Wales, Epicure Market in Miami, and L'Hermitage in
Fort Lauderdale.
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Caribbean food For Immediate Release. February 18 th, 2010
Contact info:
Rebekah: 305-851-3441 (locally)
Email: the_professional_image@yahoo.com
South Florida
Chef Whips Up the World's Foremost "Caribb-ican"
Recipe Book
Chef/Author
Michael Bennett cooks up a special Caribbean-style cuisine and NEW COOKBOOK at
Fort Lauderdale's finest wood-grilled Seafood restaurant.
South Florida, February 17th, 2010 /Books PR News/ -- When in Florida you can never run out of
Seafood restaurant choices. South Florida has a highly diversified food culture
where every observed and ranked restaurant boasts of their healthy seafood
recipes. Chef Michael Bennett's current menu represents an elite melange of our
South Floridian pelagic-based cultures. Many current South Florida residents
come from Caribbean island nations, namely; Jamaica and the Virgin Islands
(which are British), Cuba and Puerto Rico (Spanish), Haiti and Martinique
(French).
Chef Michael has tapped into these individual-istic cultures that have all lent their own
culinary flavor to South Florida's unique dining landscape. After returning from
a four year culinary journey in the Caribbean, chef Michael Bennett utilized
these culinary experiences to develop a “Caribb-ican” vibe at his current post
as Executive chef. This post, at the very popular Bimini Boatyard in Fort
Lauderdale, has been a launching point for his first and second
cookbooks.
After two years working with this exceedingly visible South Florida cookery conception, chef
Michael's Bimini menu apprises diners which Caribbean isle each recipe is
dedicated to. People can choose dishes from a French, Spanish or British
Caribbean island namesake. An example of this is when chef Michael pairs the
familiar Gulf Grouper with an distinctive Santo Dominican twist of mango,
plantain and coconut.
When it comes to food, Miami and South Florida live up to its name as the Magic city-
food magic! Chef Michael
explains, “as chefs we never fail to surprise people from different walks of
life with our excesses in our tropical seafood bounty. There have been different
forms of Caribb-ican cuisine but, this
style is the most easygoing and acceptable for a sweeping spectrum of
Americans”, says chef Michael.
His new cookbook, In the Land of
Misfits, Pirates and Cooks , is a collection of
recipes from his current position at this vital local Caribbean favorite. Author
Michael Bennett has compiled his best-tasting recipes from notable Caribbean
dining spots where he had employed them. Chef Michael promises a gastronomical
burst of cuisine for food lovers and cooking enthusiasts alike; a salute to the
Caribbean ’s quintessential definition of food as a celebration of
life.
About the Author
Michael Bennett is a well-known
award wining (Chef of
the Year-1995) South Florida chef and who's clients are a
Who’s Who of Media and Sports
personalities. He earned critical culinary kudos as the Executive chef for the
26 year-local culinary force Left
Bank restaurant.
Under his auspices he brought “Best of” (Zagat
Survey), Four Stars (AAA) and Four Diamonds (Mobil) to the long-time three star
rating. He is the founder and member of The Professional
Image, inc. publisher for the Culinary
Arts. He also holds culinary affiliations with several
culinary and food-related organizations in the USA and around the world. He
regularly lectures on South Florida 's “Caribb-ican” cuisine.
A
“Caribb-ican” chef's life is what Michael promotes in both of his books. Chef
Michael's first book “In the Land of Misfits, Pirates and Cooks” and his latest
book “Underneath a Cloudless Sky both feature this “Caribb-ican” recipe styling,
both being published by The Professional Image, inc.
*** We have a free PREVIEW of the book at:
http://www.freado.com/book/5448/In-the-Land-of-Misfits-Pirates-and-Cooks
Look for Chef Michael on Channel 39 where he will demostrate recipes from his new cookbooks –
Thrusday March 24th, 2010-
8:30AM.
About The Professional Image, inc.
The Professional Image was founded in 1991 and
as a “budding” Chef/Author services provider for chefs - and soon to be authors,
has helped to publish food-related articles and books on a regional and national
basis. The Professional Image is based in South Florida with outposts throughout
the Caribbean. TPI provides chef/authors with direct and personal access to
quick, quality orientated publication in trade paperback, custom leather-bound,
and full-color formats.
For more information, please
visit http://www.foodbrats.com, or
E-mail: info @foodbrats.com or call at 1-305-851-3441, to receive a free publishing estimate.
The Professional Image only publishes Cookbooks.
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