Jean

Appears in
Grand Dishes: Time-perfected recipes and stories from grandmothers of the world

By Iska Lupton

Published 2021

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Jean is a woman in demand. She’s celebrated at the Caribbean society for her delicious Jamaican dishes and spends much of the week preparing food for different events, grandchildren and for church on Saturday. So we were lucky to get a whole afternoon of uninterrupted Jean time.

As the date approached, we rang a couple of times to check we were still ON. Which seemed to irk Jean. Why would we assume she might forget?! This is very Jean - forthright and bold, with a great wit and no time for fuss.