Are you a fan of Grenada’s spices? Do you have a favourite recipe of a Grenadian dish or beverage?

MONTREAL, March 1, 2022 – To mark the fifth anniversary of the Spice Island Cultural Festival happening on July 8-10, 2022, The Spice Island Cultural Day Association of Quebec (SICDAQ) is producing a Grenadian cookbook, in partnership with the Grenada Culinary Network (GCN), featuring delectable recipes from our favourite chefs who have supported our organizations over the years and many of our supporters and home cooks.

We are reaching out to the community to submit one of their favourite recipes from “back-home” to be included in the cookbook,

“Grenada-Licious! Celebrating a Culinary Capital”.

This title is also the theme of the 2022 Spice Island Cultural Festival, which is to be held outdoors and stream virtually as well on July 9, 2022. The cookbook will mark the Organizations’ recognition of the tri-island state of Grenada, Carriacou, and Petite Martinique being named the world’s first Culinary Capital by the World Food Travel Association (WFTA) in 2021.

Proceeds from the cookbook’s sales will go to Grenadian youth in need of financial assistance for their education success.

People are encouragec to sign up to participate by clicking on the link: https://forms.gle/3gXFYH4TqsC2ZSXn6 or visit our website at:

www.spiceislandculturalfestival.com (Festival Info)

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Deadline to submit your recipe – April 15, 2022.

Guidelines for submitting a recipe will be sent through an exclusive VIP Newsletter to all contributors of the cookbook and will include easy-to-follow instructions on photographing and submitting your dish or beverage.

Recipes could be a drink, appetizer, main dish, snack, soup, dessert, salad or salad dressing, sauce or gravy, or a rub. Anything with roots in Grenadian spices and/or ingredients.

This VIP Newsletter will also chart submitted recipes and updates on the production and release dates for the publication in paperback, hardcover, and as an e-book.

The cookbook will be launched on July 8-10, 2022 during the Spice Island Cultural Festival. Best part? If your submission makes this year’s cookbook, your name, and a short description of what the recipe means to you, will be included. As well, the cookbook will feature extraordinary chefs complemented by culinary achievements and cooking tips.

Contact Ms. Kathy St. Paul-Ollivierre at [email protected] for any further information.

The Spice Island Cultural Day Association of Quebec (SICDAQ) founded in 2017 is a non-profit Organization which will celebrate the fifth anniversary of the Spice Island Cultural Festival on July 8-10, 2022. In the past five years, over 250,000 people have attended and enjoyed the festival, which was presented the last two years as a virtual event.

The Grenada Culinary Network (GCN) founded by Executive Chef Anthony Mair and Entrepreneur Gemma Raeburn-Baynes has a mission to promote the island of Grenada in a concerted and systematic manner as a first choice for culinary tourism.

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MEDIA CONTACT: Ms. Gemma Raeburn-Baynes

Vice President,

SICDAQ (514) 620-6612