Levi Roots’ Reggae Reggae Cookbook
TV chef, dragon slayer and bestselling author Levi Roots brings carnival to the kitchen with his hot'n'spicy Caribbean cookbook.After winning over the business minds of The Dragon's Den with little more than a song and a smile, entrepreneur Levi Roots has since sold more than one million bottles of his delicious Reggae Reggae Sauce and now he has his very own cookbook!Levi Roots’ Reggae Reggae Cookbook brings the excitement and vitality of Caribbean flavours to your own cooking. An eclectic and colourful range of recipes from simple dishes for students to fantastic feasts for friends are all accompanied by heart-warming anecdotes in Levi's incomparable tell-it-like-it-is style. This bright and colourful book brings together influences as diverse as Jamaican folk tales, Notting Hill Carnival and the music of Bob Marley to create family-friendly food with that famous jerk kick. Levi Roots’ Reggae Reggae Cookbook will surely add a funky beat to what you eat!Levi Roots’ Reggae Reggae Cookbook features more than 80 simple and exciting recipes such as Mash-Up Eggs, Salmon St Jago de la Vega , Guinness Punch, Rum Cake and Sweet Potato Pudding. Levi also offers a diverse range of vegetarian dishes and puts a Caribbean twist on classic European favourites such as pizza and pasta.
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Levi Roots’ Reggae Reggae Cookbook
Levi Roots
Put Some Music in Your Food
For my grandmother and my mother
Table of Contents
CARIBBEAN INGREDIENTS AND TERMS
LEVI’S STORY, PART 1 MY LIFE IN JAMAICA
Brown Stew Chicken with Yard-Style Gravy
Spice-up Tuna and Sweetcorn Sandwich
Nice ‘n Spicy Roast Chicken with Lemon and Thyme
LEVI’S STORY, PART2 COMING TO LONDON
LEVI’S STORY, PART 3 ‘PLAY I SOME MUSIC’ (Bob Marley)
Morning Mango and Passion Fruit Smoothie
Get Up Guava, Papaya and Banana Smoothie
Pineapple Banana and Orange Sunshine Smoothie
LEVI’S STORY, PART 4 HARD TIMES, BIG LESSONS
Seriously Special Reggae Boat Fish
LEVI’S STORY, PART 5 NOTTING HILL CARNIVAL
LEVI’S STORY, PART 6 SLAYING THE DRAGONS
SWEET SATISFACTION Give yourself a treat with these Caribbean sweets.
I have been asked to write this foreword for a man who in less than one year went from budding entrepreneur to household name – a man who goes by the name of Levi Roots. Well, that’s what he said his name was when he appeared in front of me on the TV show ‘Dragons’ Den’. It was only after a few questions that Levi revealed that his real name was Keith Graham. I thought he’d got the wrong studio and had arrived to take part in some kind of audition for a music show! No-one had ever come into the Den before with a guitar and dreadlocks and so much confidence. Anything less like a stereotypical ‘businessman’ would be hard to imagine. But it wasn’t just his name that got my attention and it wasn’t just his pitch, the way he looked or his product, it was all of those things and more.
That day was the day I met a great man with a dream. A year and a bit on, after choosing to back this incredible man, I remember the hours, days, perhaps even weeks both my team and I have spent working with him as some of the most enjoyable and exciting times of 2007.
Anyone wanting to start out on that long road to business success would be better for knowing Levi’s inspiring and passionate journey. Dreams can become reality with the right mindset. One of the reasons for Levi’s popularity and for his success is his passion for life, unbounding energy and enthusiasm for everything he does. He has a ‘keep on keeping on’ attitude which has meant that despite all of the challenges he has faced, which he discusses in this book, he has never given up.
I am positive you are going to enjoy reading this book. It will bring you even closer to a man I have been pleased to help and who I am even more pleased to call my friend. Levi Roots has firmly established himself as the face of Caribbean food in the UK, a dream that he has nurtured throughout his whole life. I’ve often said that business is the new rock n’ roll, and if so then Levi Roots is Elvis Presley!
But this book is not about business. It’s an education in the fun, flavour, music and vibrancy of a Caribbean culture that we in the UK don’t know that much about. I certainly hadn’t tried jerk chicken, until my first Reggae Reggae experience, and now I’m hooked! I hope you enjoy relaxing, trying out the recipes with your friends and family, and putting some music in your food! Dreams do certainly come true and Levi, it has been an honour to be part of yours.
If I could have one wish in this world, it would be that my beloved grandmother, Miriam, could be alive to see me now. I think she would marvel at what I’ve done. She would be proud that I have made a name for myself as an international musician, that I have brought Caribbean food to so many people – and that I have even slain Dragons! She would be even more proud that it is all down to her and all that she taught me as a small boy in Jamaica.
