African Cooking

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Summary: Classic Cookbook of African Recipes
Review: Laurens Van der Post, a South African of European ancestry, lived and traveled in most of Africa and wrote a variety of fiction and non-fiction, much of it concerning Africa. "Recipes: African Cooking (Foods of the World)" contains primarily recipes from Western, Eastern, and Southern Africa, with a great deal of anecdote and observation, which Van der Post writes very well. The book documents not only African gastronomy, but also the optimism of newly independent Africa of the 1960's. Chapters include: "My Continent: A Personal View"; "The Ancient World of Ethiopia"; "New Cuisines for New Nations" [West Africa]; "In the Highlands of East Africa"; "The World of Portuguese Africa" [Angola, Mozambique]; "East and West Meet at the Cape" [South Africa--Asian influenced]; "Great Cooking from Rich Farms" & "On the Track of the Voortrekkers" [South Africa--European influenced]. Nicely illustrated in the Time-Life coffee-table book style. (Important! This publication consists of two parts: a large hardcover book containing most of the text but only a few recipes in each chapter, and a small spiral-bound book containing all of the 120 recipes.)

Rating:
Summary: Classic Cookbook of African Recipes
Review: Laurens Van der Post, a South African of European ancestry, lived and traveled in most of Africa and wrote a variety of fiction and non-fiction, much of it concerning Africa. "Recipes: African Cooking (Foods of the World)" contains primarily recipes from Western, Eastern, and Southern Africa, with a great deal of anecdote and observation, which Van der Post writes very well. The book documents not only African gastronomy, but also the optimism of newly independent Africa of the 1960's. Chapters include: "My Continent: A Personal View"; "The Ancient World of Ethiopia"; "New Cuisines for New Nations" [West Africa]; "In the Highlands of East Africa"; "The World of Portuguese Africa" [Angola, Mozambique]; "East and West Meet at the Cape" [South Africa--Asian influenced]; "Great Cooking from Rich Farms" & "On the Track of the Voortrekkers" [South Africa--European influenced]. Nicely illustrated in the Time-Life coffee-table book style. (Important! This publication consists of two parts: a large hardcover book containing most of the text but only a few recipes in each chapter, and a small spiral-bound book containing all of the 120 recipes.)