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What is Caribbean cuisine? Plus: Syria’s best shawarma and ‘An A-Z of Chinese Food’

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21 March 2025

Episode 670

32 minutes


Photo: Matt Russell

We island-hop in the Caribbean with author Keshia Sakarah to learn all about her new book, ‘Caribe: A Caribbean Cookbook with History’, and the specificity of the region’s cuisine. Also in the programme: Hannah Lucinda Smith is in Damascus to taste some of the city’s renowned shawarma. Plus: Monocle’s Mae-Li Evans meets Jenny Lau to get ‘An A-Z of Chinese Food: (Recipes Not Included)’.

21 March 2025

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Chapter 1

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Chapter 1

‘Caribe: A Caribbean Cookbook with History’

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We sit down with Keshia Sakarah to learn about her new book dedicated to tracing the recipes of the Caribbean islands.

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Chapter 2

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Chapter 2

Al Sadiq, Damascus

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Monocle’s Hannah Lucinda Smith is in Damascus to sample some renowned shawarma in the Syrian capital.

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Al Sadiq, Damascus

Chapter 4

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‘An A-Z of Chinese Food: (Recipes Not Included)’

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Monocle’s Mae-Li Evans heads to East London to meet Jenny Lau and learn about her new collection of essays, ‘An A-Z of Chinese Food: (Recipes Not Included)’.

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