They return to old stomping (sailing?) grounds, deepen their acquaintance with old friends and their understanding of island life and foodways, and explore new places.
This time there is no time limit to their travels, and so they are free to wander from island to island or to settle in for six months at one anchorage, as they please. The Spice Necklace, they and their boat Receta ("recipe") return to the Caribbean eager to taste more of island life. In the first book, Vanderhoof and her husband, Steve, leave their Toronto lives of magazine editing and art directing to travel around the Caribbean for two years on their sailboat. The Spice Necklace, takes us to the Caribbean, picking up where her first book,Īn Embarrassment of Mangoes, left off. It is endlessly fascinating to those of us who travel on our stomachs to look for the answers to basic questions, such as: What do people grow here? How do they process food or store it? What food is abundant? What is in short supply? What are the staple foods? What flavours, herbs and spices do cooks work with?Īnd so it is with Ann Vanderhoof, whose second book, It gives us something tangible that we can connect with. Food is a wonderfully seductive entry into other places and other cultures.
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