Mango mojitos from a Top Chef Master
Wherein I meet Marcus Samuelsson and pick up a recipe -- and a history lesson -- of rum
Lucy Mercer
This winning entry for the Salon Kitchen Challenge -- in which we asked readers to share their favorite rum recipes -- comes to us courtesy of Lucy Mercer. We haven't had a chance to try these recipes out yet -- though they are from a master chef -- and we'd love to hear about it if you do!
On my wrist, I wear a golden reminder of the brutal past of slavery in the Caribbean. It's a charm of a sugar mill, a common sight in St. Croix, now in the U.S. Virgin Islands, where the charm was crafted by Brian Bishop, an artisan creating jewelry in Christiansted. Bishop makes the mills accurate as they exist today -- mostly abandoned, metal parts rusted or gone entirely, with trees growing through the doorless entries.
The sugar mills are from the time when the Virgin Islands were a stop on the slave trade, the Triangle Trade, as it was known. The Dutch who settled the islands in the 17th century enslaved AMango mojitos from a Top Chef Master - Recipes (cocktails) - Salon.com
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