#60;b#62;B. W. Higman#60;/b#62; is Emeritus Professor of the Australian National University and Emeritus Professor of the University of the West Indies. He has published several books on the history of slavery and the social and economic history of the Caribbean. He has taught courses on world food history, and is the author of #60;i#62;Jamaican Food: History, Biology, Culture#60;/i#62; (2008).#60;/p#62;