View excerpts from Paradise Found“St. Barths has always been my personal Paradise. Paradise Found helps me reminisce about the beauty of the island, its beaches and the fun of the restaurants.”
-Jean-Georges Vongerichten“St. Barths is one of those rare islands where the restaurants alone are worth the journey, and Paradise Found is the perfect passport to the pleasures of her tables.”
-Dewey Schurman, Editor, ISLANDS“Paradise Found, a stunning new book on St. Barthélemy, does a balancing act. The lush colors and sensuous photographs are matched by the polished, thoughtful writing, to convey a genuine understanding of the people of this Caribbean island.”
– Elizabeth Riely, author of The Chef’s Companion and A Feast of Fruits“Paradise Found evokes the flavors, perfumes, and visual splendors of this fragment of volcanic rock that is St. Barths. In this enchanting volume, Robert and Kara Brooks capture the fusion of French refinement, Caribbean warmth, and New World enterprise that are manifest in the vitality and hospitality of St. Barths’ engaging inhabitants. Their photos, recipes, and tantalizing descriptions will send thousands of hungry, sun-loving epicures to their maps and travel agents. We can only hope that once “found”, this alluring paradise will endure. The book’s gastronomic revelations fully answer Calvin Trillin’s lamentation that without an Italian West Indies , travelers to ‘the islands’ must bring their own food or starve.”
- J. Charles Mokriski, Restaurant Critic, Improper Bostonian
Paradise Found:
The People, Restaurants and Recipes of St. Barthélemy
by Robert and Kara Brooks
Details:
Hardcover: 239 pages
Dimensions (in inches):
8.25 x 10.25 x 1.25
ISBN: 0-9743127-0-3
140 color photographs
18 dinner menus featuring 72 recipes
Price: $37.50
The Ultimate Guide to the Tables of St. Barthélemy -- Paradise Found tells the stories of eighteen of the most popular restaurants on the island and, in the process, gives you an insider look into St. Barthélemy, its people and the fantastic culinary scene for which the island is justly renowned.
•Paradise Found is the ideal resource for any first-time visitor who wants to truly feel like part of the island experience before even setting foot on St. Barthélemy. You'll learn about the island, its history and read the stories of the very same chefs and restaurant owners that you'll have the opportunity to meet in person when you finally arrive on this tiny island in the French West Indies.
•For the long-time traveler to St. Barths, Paradise Found captures the beauty of the island and its wonderful restaurants. With over 70 recipes from the kitchens of the islands best restaurants and over 140 full color photographs, Paradise Found is the perfect way to retain and recreate the magic of a trip to St. Barths at home.
Restaurants featured: Do Brazil, Eddy’s, Eden Rock (Sand Bar, Tapas Bar and The Rock), L’Esprit de Saline, Francois Plantation, La Gloriette, Le Gommier, The Hideaway, Le Lafayette Club, La Langouste, La Mandala, Maya’s, New Born, Le Sapotillier, Trois Forces, Wall House
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Paradise Found is available at these select locations:
The SBH Store - available online on our secure site for immediate delivery (free SBH European auto decal with any purchase of Paradise Found)
Kitchen Arts and Letters, New York, NY
(1435 Lexington Avenue)La Case aux Livres (St. Barths Newest Bookstore),
rue de la République - GustaviaThe Wall House Restaurant, Gustavia, St. Barths
Le Lafayette Club, Grand Cul de Sac, St. Barths (Dec. - April)
The Hideaway Restaurant, Chex Andy, St. Jean, St. Barths
Filles des iles. . . , Sofitel Christopher Hotel, Pointe Milou
Black Swan shops, St. Jean and Gustavia
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Paradise Found takes you inside the kitchens of eighteen of the most popular restaurants on St. Barths. All aspects of the island’s gastronomic scene – from the creative genius of the island’s award-winning chefs, to Creole favorites made by local island families – are explored. With eighteen dinner menus and over seventy recipes, Paradise Found is a comprehensive primer on the very best of modern French Caribbean cooking and includes such signature offerings as Provençale Fish Soup, Cod Fritters, Duck Confit, Fish Tempura with a Green Mango Salad, Tuna Sashimi with Avocado Sorbet, Chocolate Fondant Cake and Homemade Vanilla Rum.
Equally important, Paradise Found takes you inside the lives of the people who own and work in the various restaurants on the island. You’ll meet Andy Hall, who left a life in the London insurance world to harvest grapes in France and ended up owning one of the liveliest restaurants on the island; Randy and Maya Gurley, who honed their cooking skills in the charter boat business and created one of the most popular restaurants in the Caribbean; Franckie and David Greaux, who set out early every morning in their boat to catch the fresh fish that is cooked by their mother and served in the ground floor of their parents’ house each evening; and Chef Kiki Barjettas, who developed his passion for cooking while accompanying his father to the market every Sunday as a young boy in France. You will also hear Denis Chevallier and Franck Mathevet describe their move from the French Alps to St. Barths to open The Wall House Restaurant as a moment of “unconsciousness,” and Adam Rajner, the owner of Le Sapotillier, explain that he decided to sell a very successful brasserie which he had operated for years in Nice and purchase a restaurant in St. Barths, sight unseen, because “there are times when your conscience knows what your mind does not.”
The residents of St. Barths are determined to live each day of their lives joyfully. Their love of life is infectious, and the visitor cannot help but be inspired by their example. So pull up a chair, share a meal, listen to their stories and let Paradise Found awaken your passion for life as well.
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