A Quick Ting On Plantain

A Quick Ting On: Plantain is a compilation of cultural insights into the versatile fruit, exploring its contested historical origins, multilingual etymology, biochemistry, and the War of Pronunciation. It contains recipes from across Africa, the Caribbean, Latin America, and South Asia, and explores the politics behind Plantain, including inflation, Fairtrade, and climate change.

Format: Hardback
Length: 172 pages
Publication date: 31 March 2022
Publisher: Jacaranda Books Art Music Ltd

As seen in Grazia, the Guardian, and more, plantain is a beloved fruit of the Black diaspora that holds profound cultural significance within the communities it is part of. Compiled for the first time in one vibrant volume, "A Quick Ting On: Plantain" is an infectious cultural insight into the versatile fruit.

Discover its contested historical origins, its multilingual etymology, the biochemistry that sets plantain apart from regular bananas, and, yes, the War of Pronunciation. Is it plan-tain or plan-tin?

Containing recipes from across the African continent, the Caribbean, Latin America, and South Asia, author Rui Da Silva paints an astonishing international history of plantain, celebrating food within Black households across the globe as an intimate marker of identity and culture.

From recent developments in farming practices to the effects of food gentrification on working-class Afro-Caribbean communities, Rui also explores the politics behind plantain. Inflation, Fairtrade, and climate change all have a part to play in the ongoing journey of this coveted fruit.

Unifying stories of innovation, hardship, and, above all, love, "A Quick Ting On: Plantain" is a delicious ode to the intersection of food, culture, and humanity.

Weight: 238g
Dimension: 118 x 186 x 21 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781913090531