CRAIG AND SHAUN MCANUFF’S ACKEE & SALTFISH WITH FRIED DUMPLINGS
Oct 01, 2020
4 minutes
as told to TONY NAYLOR
When Croydon’s Craig and Shaun McAnuff launched Original Flava on Facebook in 2016, it was a bit of fun. At university and work, the food-loving brothers found friends and colleagues were intrigued by Caribbean dishes but lacked access to easy recipes. They set out to fill that void in a series of videos, the first of which on Jamaican bun and cheese, achieved one million views. ‘It was insane’, recalls Craig.
“People think Caribbean food is all about jerk chicken”
The next year, having raised £14,000 on Kickstarter, these Instagram stars self-published their debut cookbook which, having hit number one on Amazon’s Caribbean chart, was republished by Bloomsbury in
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