Download or read book Stirring the Pot written by James C. McCann and published by Ohio University Press. This book was released on 2009-10-31 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Africa’s art of cooking is a key part of its history. All too often Africa is associated with famine, but in Stirring the Pot, James C. McCann describes how the ingredients, the practices, and the varied tastes of African cuisine comprise a body of historically gendered knowledge practiced and perfected in households across diverse human and ecological landscape. McCann reveals how tastes and culinary practices are integral to the understanding of history and more generally to the new literature on food as social history. Stirring the Pot offers a chronology of African cuisine beginning in the sixteenth century and continuing from Africa’s original edible endowments to its globalization. McCann traces cooks’ use of new crops, spices, and tastes, including New World imports like maize, hot peppers, cassava, potatoes, tomatoes, and peanuts, as well as plantain, sugarcane, spices, Asian rice, and other ingredients from the Indian Ocean world. He analyzes recipes, not as fixed ahistorical documents,but as lively and living records of historical change in women’s knowledge and farmers’ experiments. A final chapter describes in sensuous detail the direct connections of African cooking to New Orleans jambalaya, Cuban rice and beans, and the cooking of African Americans’ “soul food.” Stirring the Pot breaks new ground and makes clear the relationship between food and the culture, history, and national identity of Africans.
Download or read book The Cooking Gene written by Michael W. Twitty and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2018-07-31 with total page 504 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 2018 James Beard Foundation Book of the Year | 2018 James Beard Foundation Book Award Winner inWriting | Nominee for the 2018 Hurston/Wright Legacy Award in Nonfiction | #75 on The Root100 2018 A renowned culinary historian offers a fresh perspective on our most divisive cultural issue, race, in this illuminating memoir of Southern cuisine and food culture that traces his ancestry—both black and white—through food, from Africa to America and slavery to freedom. Southern food is integral to the American culinary tradition, yet the question of who "owns" it is one of the most provocative touch points in our ongoing struggles over race. In this unique memoir, culinary historian Michael W. Twitty takes readers to the white-hot center of this fight, tracing the roots of his own family and the charged politics surrounding the origins of soul food, barbecue, and all Southern cuisine. From the tobacco and rice farms of colonial times to plantation kitchens and backbreaking cotton fields, Twitty tells his family story through the foods that enabled his ancestors’ survival across three centuries. He sifts through stories, recipes, genetic tests, and historical documents, and travels from Civil War battlefields in Virginia to synagogues in Alabama to Black-owned organic farms in Georgia. As he takes us through his ancestral culinary history, Twitty suggests that healing may come from embracing the discomfort of the Southern past. Along the way, he reveals a truth that is more than skin deep—the power that food has to bring the kin of the enslaved and their former slaveholders to the table, where they can discover the real America together. Illustrations by Stephen Crotts
Download or read book African Cuisine written by Dahlia & Marlène and published by Edizioni R.E.I.. This book was released on 2014-12-04 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New Edition. Recipes African preparations are absolutely details and characteristics of the territory, which symbolize, along with the ingredients and cooking methods, the deep gastronomic culture of this wonderful as magical and fascinating nation of the World. Usually Recipes African ingredients have absolutely simple and great taste, such as, for example, fresh fruits, vegetables and fish; a place of honor is then reserved for the meat, with a large predominance of lamb, present in many typical preparations. We list below some of the recipes given in this volume: Babaghanouj Baghrir - Crêpe the thousand holes Bobotie Boerwors Canja de galinha Chapati Couscous with seafood Beans with coconut and coriander Falafel Falafei to Ta'mia Guarn ogh zal harira Helva with Saffron Injera Egyptians rolls Kalluun Keskesou Khabar koeksisters kofta koshari
Download or read book South African Cooking in the USA written by Aileen Wilsen and published by Echo Point+ORM. This book was released on 2020-10-14 with total page 157 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over 170 recipes showcasing this unique cuisine incorporating African, European, and Eastern cooking traditions. Distilled through years of diverse and dynamic culture, South African food is both distinct and delicious. In this cookbook, mother-daughter duo Aileen Wilsen and Kathleen Farquharson provide not only a wide variety of recipes but tips on procuring (or substituting) hard-to-find ingredients as well as accurate and reliable US measurement conversions (so you’ll never find yourself searching for a calculator in your kitchen cabinets). Inside you'll find over 170 mouth-watering South African dishes, tweaked and perfected for easy and authentic preparation in American kitchens. From snacks and appetizers, to entrees and decadent desserts, South African Cooking in the USA will inspire hundreds of three course meals. Some favorites include: Samoosas * Peppadew dip * Bunny Chow * Bobotie * Oxtail Stew * Hot Durban Curry * Monkeygland Steak * Chakalaka * Buttermilk Rusks * Melktert * Hot Cross buns * and many more
Download or read book My Cooking West African Cookbook written by Dokpe Lillian Ogunsanya and published by . This book was released on 1998-02-01 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Modern South African Cuisine written by Garth Stroebel and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This encapsulates the new food and wine culture of the country, which has seen the introduction of new ingredients and flavours.
Download or read book 20 Classic African Dishes written by and published by Fulton Coaching Agency, LLC. This book was released on 2024-07-13 with total page 45 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Experience the diverse and flavorful cuisine of Africa with our collection of 20 classic dishes. These traditional recipes have been passed down for generations, each one bursting with unique ingredients and spices that showcase the rich culture and history of the continent. From Egyptian koshari, a hearty mix of rice, lentils, and pasta, to South African bobotie, a savory dish made with spiced minced meat and topped with a custard-like layer, our selection offers a taste of the many regional specialties found throughout Africa. Indulge in the bold and vibrant flavors of our West African jollof rice, infused with tomato, onion, and chili, or savor the subtle sweetness of Mozambican peri-peri chicken, marinated in a spicy blend of herbs and sauce. Each dish is carefully crafted with authentic ingredients to bring the flavors of Africa to your table. Perfect for dinner parties or for trying out new international cuisines, our 20 classic African dishes are sure to impress and satisfy your taste buds. Bring the taste of Africa into your home today and discover why these dishes have stood the test of time. From mouthwatering stews to soul-warming soups, each bite will transport you to the heart of this diverse and vibrant continent. Don't miss out on this opportunity to explore and enjoy the delicious and unique flavors of Africa. Order now and experience the deliciousness of 20 classic dishes in one package.
Download or read book Cuisine and Culture written by Linda Civitello and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2007-03-09 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An illuminating account of how history shapes our diets-now revised and updated Why did the ancient Romans believe cinnamon grew in swamps guarded by giant killer bats? How did the African cultures imported by slavery influence cooking in the American South? What does the 700-seat McDonald's in Beijing serve in the age of globalization? With the answers to these and many more such questions, Cuisine and Culture, Second Edition presents an engaging, informative, and witty narrative of the interactions among history, culture, and food. From prehistory and the earliest societies around the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers to today's celebrity chefs, Cuisine and Culture, Second Edition presents a multicultural and multiethnic approach that draws connections between major historical events and how and why these events affected and defined the culinary traditions of different societies. Fully revised and updated, this Second Edition offers new and expanded features and coverage, including: New Crossing Cultures sections providing brief sketches of foods and food customs moving between cultures More holiday histories, food fables, and food chronologies Discussions of food in the Byzantine, Portuguese, Turkish/Ottoman, and Austro-Hungarian empires Greater coverage of the scientific genetic modification of food, from Mendel in the 19th century to the contemporary GM vs. organic food debate Speculation on the future of food And much more! Complete with sample recipes and menus, as well as revealing photographs and illustrations, Cuisine and Culture, Second Edition is the essential survey history for students of food history.
Download or read book Tastes of Africa written by Justice Kamanga and published by Penguin Random House South Africa. This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of traditional and modern African recipes; easy to prepare meals featuring the ingredients, flavors, textures and aromas of African cooking.
Download or read book Mango Mint written by Nicky Garratt and published by PM Press. This book was released on 2013-07-01 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mango & Mint is a collection of favorite vegan dishes inspired by the foods of the Arab world, India, and North Africa. It follows the philosophy of a cuisine free of meat rather than one that emulates it. One common thread in these cuisines is that they can be prepared in a buffet style without a centerpiece (historically the kill from the hunt or domesticated herd). Care has been taken to include sufficient recipes to build a complete buffet or a formal sit-down meal. Traditional recipes for familiar classics such as hummus or chana masala are enriched with tips and presentation ideas while established flavors and techniques are brought to bear on new combinations. This collection of recipes leans toward the flavorful with Arabic and North African creations such as Baba Ghanoush, Red Pepper Bulgur Salad, Spinach Pies, Harissa, Donuts in Syrup, and Indian favorites such as Apple Soup, Peanut Vada, Chana Masala with Green Chiles, and Mango Rice. The recipes range from quick and easily created to relatively complex but requiring only basic equipment and rudimentary skill. A section called “Ganging Up” has ideas and procedures for planning ahead and saving money by maximizing resources. This includes buying in season, getting the most out of a barbeque, freezing, cooking in batches, and creating vegetable stocks and base sauces. The final section, “Recycled,” has recipes for normally discarded matter like watermelon rinds, leftovers, and wild plants. An index for fresh ingredients enables one to quickly locate a recipe by provisions already in your refrigerator while a sample menu section with full-color photographs offer presentation ideas.
Download or read book Koshersoul written by Michael W. Twitty and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2022-08-09 with total page 462 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Twitty makes the case that Blackness and Judaism coexist in beautiful harmony, and this is manifested in the foods and traditions from both cultures that Black Jews incorporate into their daily lives…Twitty wishes to start a conversation where people celebrate their differences and embrace commonalities. By drawing on personal narratives, his own and others’, and exploring different cultures, Twitty’s book offers important insight into the journeys of Black Jews.”—Library Journal “A fascinating, cross-cultural smorgasbord grounded in the deep emotional role food plays in two influential American communities.”—Booklist The James Beard award-winning author of the acclaimed The Cooking Gene explores the cultural crossroads of Jewish and African diaspora cuisine and issues of memory, identity, and food. In Koshersoul, Michael W. Twitty considers the marriage of two of the most distinctive culinary cultures in the world today: the foods and traditions of the African Atlantic and the global Jewish diaspora. To Twitty, the creation of African-Jewish cooking is a conversation of migrations and a dialogue of diasporas offering a rich background for inventive recipes and the people who create them. The question that most intrigues him is not just who makes the food, but how the food makes the people. Jews of Color are not outliers, Twitty contends, but significant and meaningful cultural creators in both Black and Jewish civilizations. Koshersoul also explores how food has shaped the journeys of numerous cooks, including Twitty’s own passage to and within Judaism. As intimate, thought-provoking, and profound as The Cooking Gene, this remarkable book teases the senses as it offers sustenance for the soul. Koshersoul includes 48-50 recipes.
Download or read book Recipes for Respect written by Rafia Zafar and published by University of Georgia Press. This book was released on 2019-03-15 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Food studies, once trendy, has settled into the public arena. In the academy, scholarship on food and literary culture constitutes a growing river within literary and cultural studies, but writing on African American food and dining remains a tributary. Recipes for Respect bridges this gap, illuminating the role of foodways in African American culture as well as the contributions of Black cooks and chefs to what has been considered the mainstream. Beginning in the early nineteenth century and continuing nearly to the present day, African Americans have often been stereotyped as illiterate kitchen geniuses. Rafia Zafar addresses this error, highlighting the long history of accomplished African Americans within our culinary traditions, as well as the literary and entrepreneurial strategies for civil rights and respectability woven into the written records of dining, cooking, and serving. Whether revealed in cookbooks or fiction, memoirs or hotel-keeping manuals, agricultural extension bulletins or library collections, foodways knowledge sustained Black strategies for self-reliance and dignity, the preservation of historical memory, and civil rights and social mobility. If, to follow Mary Douglas’s dictum, food is a field of action—that is, a venue for social intimacy, exchange, or aggression—African American writing about foodways constitutes an underappreciated critique of the racialized social and intellectual spaces of the United States.
Download or read book Authentic African Cuisine from Ghana written by David Otoo and published by Sankofa Publishing Company. This book was released on 1997 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Food Culture in Sub Saharan Africa written by Fran Osseo-Asare and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2005-06-30 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: East African, notably, Ethiopian, cuisine is perhaps the most well-known in the States. This volume illuminates West, southern, and Central African cuisine as well to give students and other readers a solid understanding of how the diverse African peoples grow, cook, and eat food and how they celebrate special occasions and ceremonies with special foods. Readers will also learn about African history, religions, and ways of life plus how African and American foodways are related. For example, cooking techniques such as deep frying and ingredients such as peanuts, chili peppers, okra, watermelon, and even cola were introduced to the United States by sub-Sahara Africans who were brought as slaves. Africa is often presented as a monolith, but this volume treats each region in turn with representative groups and foodways presented in manageable fashion, with a truer picture able to emerge. It is noted that the boundaries of many countries are imposed, so that food culture is more fluid in a region. Commonalities are also presented in the basic format of a meal, with a starch with a sauce or stew and vegetables and perhaps some protein, typically cooked over a fire in a pot supported by three stones. Representative recipes, a timeline, glossary, and evocative photos complete the narrative.
Download or read book Soul Food written by Adrian Miller and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2013-08-15 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 2014 James Beard Foundation Book Award, Reference and Scholarship Honor Book for Nonfiction, Black Caucus of the American Library Association In this insightful and eclectic history, Adrian Miller delves into the influences, ingredients, and innovations that make up the soul food tradition. Focusing each chapter on the culinary and social history of one dish--such as fried chicken, chitlins, yams, greens, and "red drinks--Miller uncovers how it got on the soul food plate and what it means for African American culture and identity. Miller argues that the story is more complex and surprising than commonly thought. Four centuries in the making, and fusing European, Native American, and West African cuisines, soul food--in all its fried, pork-infused, and sugary glory--is but one aspect of African American culinary heritage. Miller discusses how soul food has become incorporated into American culture and explores its connections to identity politics, bad health raps, and healthier alternatives. This refreshing look at one of America's most celebrated, mythologized, and maligned cuisines is enriched by spirited sidebars, photographs, and twenty-two recipes.
Download or read book The Africa News Cookbook written by Africa News Service and published by Penguin Group. This book was released on 1986 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides African-style recipes for soups, sauces, snacks, appetizers, chicken, meat, seafood, vegetables, salads, desserts and beverages.
Download or read book Best of Regional African Cooking written by Harva Hachten and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A gourmet's tour of Africa, from North African specialties like chicken tajin with olives and lemon to Zambian groundnut soup and Senegalese couscous. This book includes more than 240 recipes that deliver the flavours of each region: North, East, West, Central and South Africa.
