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Catherine Ross and her daughter Lynda-Louise Burrell are the founders of Museumand, a Nottingham-based a social history and community 'museum without walls' dedicated to preserving Caribbean history, heritage and culture in original and unusual ways.
I joined them for a Friday afternoon sweet tea to talk about the influence - and ingenuity - of slavery within Caribbean food, the hurdles they've overcome in setting up the museum, and their favourite coconut-based sweet treats.
You can find out about Museumand's work here (http://www.museumand.org/) and follow them on twitter here (https://twitter.com/Museumand_) and Instagram here (https://www.instagram.com/museumand/) .
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Published 09/27/24
Welcome back to the Lecker Book Club. Every month I’ll pick a newly released food related book and talk to the author about the process of writing it. I’ll also be writing about it on Substack and Patreon. Join me there as well!
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Published 07/31/24