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BELL PEPPER - Mexico, Central America and northern South America
About this map
This map is the result of four workshops that took
Food has been at the heart of this project. Cooking and
We hope you enjoy this map and it inspires you to find
place at Myatt’s Fields Park Project in spring 2014.
eating together has stirred many memories. Perhaps
out more about Caribbean food, people and history.
The map represents the origins of the participants,
the forgotten name of a fruit, of being ‘back home’ or
who come from Caribbean and African countries. It also shows the global influences and history surrounding Caribbean food.
first arriving in the UK. The participants have been incredibly generous in sharing their knowledge, sense of fun and amazing cooking. Without their input, the project would have been impossible.
Virginia Nimarkoh & Ceridwen Buckmaster
Participants
Credits
Sandra Allen, Ludovic Bessal, Reve Jacquie Bessal, Daniel Blair, Raphael Blair, Shayla Blair, Jean Brown, Joy Brown, Zipporah Brown, Moji Coker, Anzela Darby, Gladys Darko, Ellen Davies, Ira Edwards, Segen Ghebrekidan, Emma Goodden, Dorothy Harrison, Annette Holtom, Lahnah Johnson, Philip Johnson, Valerie Lindo, Swinda Mark, Mary Neckles, Mercedes Neckles, Ronald Rice, Levi Roots, Madlyn Tuck, Peter Tuck, Sheun Maphalala, Tobi Maphalala, Saffina Zafar, Elizabeth, Ruth & Bradley, Sylvia, Omni.
Project Coordinators - Ceri Buckmaster & Virginia Nimarkoh Graphic Designer - Fan Sissoko Education Pack Coordinator - Folami Bayode Filmmaker - Gary McQuiggin Thanks to Myatt’s Fields Park Project, Vieri Nucci, Thomas Puthusserry and Fabrice Boltho. Reference - Pamela Lalbachan’s The Complete Caribbean Cookbook’ Lansdowne Press