September 20th, 2009
South Florida
The Professional Image,inc - publisher for the Culinary profession, announces its first Cookbook release on September 1st, 2009.
"In the Land of Misfits, Pirates and Cooks" is our first offering from a well known and respected South Florida chef~Michael Bennett.
In the Land of Misfits, Pirates and Cooks ~ boasts mouth-watering, Caribbean cultural cookery influenced recipes from an award-winning chef. This FULL color book serves up an easy to read 180 pages of delectable recipes and narrative about what it is like to live in the Caribbean.
This cookbook is the result of Michael's equating and collaborating hundreds of years of compelling Caribbean food and cookery elements. This book is overflowing with a scrumptious mix of seasoning blends and marinades, salads, appetizers and entrees written in a way that you are the aspirant chef and YOU can
compose or alter recipes while atop the stove.
The modern metropolitan recipe styling captures the distinct local flavor of a multi-national cookery heritage. Vibrant photography, easy to use design, one-of-a-kind recipe flow and, interesting and helpful tidbits blend to create the perfect sampling of what this multi-cultural, Caribbean based cookery style has to offer. In addition to the hundred plus recipes, this cookbook was facilitated by The Professional Image, inc. to mark the 500th anniversary of the Caribbeans discovery by 16th century European explorers. It is T.P.I. intent to showcase this re-discovered region to a new world of culinary explorers.
The cookbook was developed as a way of thanking the many fans of Caribbean cuisine that know "curry powder" or a "jerk glaze" are not the only examples of a Caribbean chefs repertoire. Michael asserts that after working as a chef for the past four years in applaudable Caribbean dining venues, each has played an
important role in the successful dispatch of this book. Michael's travel and oeuvre throughout the Caribbean, whether on a British, American, French or Spanish island nations, has helped Michael to shape this unprecedented recipe collection.
For more information on either the cookbook "In the Land of Misfits, Pirates and Cooks" or The Professional Image, inc. "Publisher for the Culinary Profession", visit: www.foodbrats.com | contact T.P.I. at (305) 851-3441 | the_professional_image@yahoo.com.
"In the Land of Misfits, Pirates and Cooks" cookbook is priced at $29.95 (Please add $3.50 for shipping and handling) Books can be ordered online at www.foodbrats.com as well as Amazon.
Also can be found:
St. Croix: Divi Carina Bay resort,
Serendipity Bookstore: Tortola, BVI
Bimini Boatyard: Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
Epicure Gourmet Market: South Beach,
Johnson and Wales-Culinary University: Miami, Florida
Culinary Institute of America: Hyde Park, NY.
For more information and more locations where you can find Chef Michael's new cookbook...
email us at:
the_professional_image@yahoo.com
Published by:
The Professional Image, inc.
Creative Director/Art Director/Designer:
Michael Bennett
Chief Photographer:
J.Christopher photography
Food Stylists: Michael Bennett
Editor-in-Chief: Eileen Clark
The Professional Image Communications dept: | T: 305-851-3441 | Email: the_professional_image@yahoo.com
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