Selina Periampillai, “The Island Kitchen: Recipes from MAURITIUS and the Indian Ocean”, 2019 was the topic of an earlier blog post.
“Maldives Cookbook”, Wanderlust Publishing, 2023 also was the topic of an earlier blog post.
Here I present: Explorers Reporter, “Flavors of Oceania”, 2023. The book consists of nine (9) chapters; and, the “table of contents” of the book is shown BELOW.
TABLE OF CONTENTS.
Chapter 1: Introduction to the cuisine of Oceania.
1.1. Brief history of Oceanian cuisine.
1.2. Ethnic influence in the gastronomy of Oceania.
1.3. Common ingredients of Oceanian cuisine.
Chapter 2: Flavors of Australia.
2.1. Gastronomy of Eastern Australia.
2.2. Western Australian cuisine.
2.3. Flavors of Northern Australia.
2.4. The cuisine of Tasmania and South Australia.
2.5. Menus from the different regions of Australia.
Chapter 3: Flavors of New Zealand.
3.1. Northern New Zealand cuisine.
3.2. The gastronomy of Southern New Zealand.
3.3. Cuisine of Chatham and Kermadec Islands.
3.4. Traditional Maori cuisine.
3.5. Menus from New Zealand and its islands.
Chapter 4: Flavors of Western Melanesia.
4.1. Papua New Guinea cuisine.
4.2. Solomon Islands cuisine.
4.3. The cuisine of the Bismark Islands.
4.4. The kitchen of the Queen Charlotte Islands.
4.5. Western Melanesia Menus.
Chapter 5: Flavors of Fiji and Eastern Melanesia.
5.1. Fijian cuisine.
5.2. Tongan flavors.
5.3. Vanuatu cuisine.
5.4. The cuisine of New Caledonia.
5.5. East Melanesian menus.
Chapter 6: Flavors of Palau and Western Micronesia.
6.1. Palauan cuisine.
6.2. Gastronomy of the Mariana Islands.
6.3. The cuisine of the Yap Islands.
6.4. Gastronomy of the Chuuk Islands.
6.5. Western Micronesia Menus.
Chapter 7: Flavors of Nauru and Eastern Micronesia.
7.1. The gastronomy of Nauru.
7.2. The cuisine of the Marshall Islands.
7.3. Flavors of the Pohnpei Islands.
7.4. The kitchen of the Kosrae Islands.
7.5. East Micronesian menus.
Chapter 8: Flavors of Samoan Polynesia.
8.1. Samoan Gastronomy
8.2. Tuvalu Gastronomy.
8.3. Tokelauan cuisine.
8.4. Kiribati cuisine.
8.5. Samoan Polynesian Menus.
Chapter 9: Flavors of French Polynesia.
9.1. The gastronomy of Tahiti and the Windward Islands.
9.2. The cuisine of Tuamotu and the Marquesas Islands.
9.3. Flavors of the Leeward Islands.
9.4 The cuisine of the Austral Islands.
9.5. French Polynesian menus.
Here I presented: Explorers Reporter, “Flavors of Oceania”, 2023.
COMMENTS.
I am interested in comparing Indian Ocean cookery with that of the Pacific Ocean cookery.
The national dishes of Oceania are listed BELOW.
OCEANIA NATIONAL DISHES.
American Samoa – Luau Palusami.
Australia – Meat Pie.
East Timor – Ikan Pepes.
Fiji – Fijian Kokoda.
Hawaii – Lau Lau.
Kiribati – Palusami.
Marshall Islands – Macadamia Nut Pie.
Nauru – Coconut Crusted Fish.
New Zealand – Pavlova.
Palau – Bat Soup.
Papua New Guinea – Mumu.
Samoa – Luau Palusami.
Solomon Islands – Poi.
States of Micronesia Federation– Chicken Kelaguen.
Tuvalu – Pulaka (Fekei).
Vanuatu – Lap Lap.
Rose Rivera, “Magnificent Madagascar Recipes”, 2022 was the topic of an earlier blog post.
