Includes index

Introduction -- The techniques of the islands -- The resilient pantry -- Essential tools -- Sauces, condiments + spice blends -- Marinating : Guam -- Pickling + fermentation : Seychelles -- Braising + stewing : Madagascar -- Frying : Curaças -- Grilling, roasting + smoking : Puerto Rico -- Steaming + in-ground cooking : Vanuatu

"In this deliciously groundbreaking cookbook, Von Diaz travels across oceans and nations to honor island cooking in over 125 recipes organized by their ancestral cooking techniques. These techniques, among the oldest known to humanity, enable people to make delicious food with limited ingredients, often without modern tools or electricity"--