Taste Of Africa

A collection of traditional and modern African recipes; easy to prepare meals featuring the ingredients, flavors, textures and aromas of African cooking.

The good news is you can find all the ingredients for the recipes in A Sweet Taste of Africa at your local grocery store. Sugar translates into "sweet" on the tongue of almost every human being. Whether sugar is in the form of honey, sugar cane, beets or refined sugar it is a universal and versatile ingredient. The cakes, pies, cookies, brittles, fritters, fruit salads, beverages and preserves in this book will surely satisfy anyone's sweet tooth. A Sweet Taste of Africa takes you on a culinary voyage though the sweet culinary explorations of the entire continent of Africa. You will find that "sweet is sweet" no matter what continent you happen to live on. The thought of Africa's sweet culinary inclinations may raise your eyebrows at first but as you read and prepare the recipes, the tastes are familiar and delicious. Also, learn simple African words with ten African Languages 101 tutorials.

Justice Kamanga takes the reader on a gastronomic safari, expoloring the taste and textures of indigenous African cuisine, as well as dishes that have been influenced or introduced by foreign settlers to the continent from Asia, Europe and the Middle East. Simple in the choice of ingredients and easy to prepare, both traditional and fusion African cooking are nevertheless as intriguing in the subtle blends of flavours, colours and tantalising aromas as the lands from which they come, where they have formed delicious and different staples for hundreds – and in some cases thousands – of years. In order for the home cook to organize his or her own African-themed lunch or dinner, the recipes in Tastes of Africa have been traditionally grouped, including starters, fish, meat, vegetarian, side dishes, desserts and breads, and are accompanied by authentically styled, full-colour photography.

From the coastal cities of Dakar and Lagos to the grassy savannas and lush, steamy rain forests of the countryside, West Africa cultivates flavors that will delight your taste buds.

Gathers information on the unique foods of Africa and the lands they come from, and provides more than two hundred traditional and new recipes.

Spiced with color photos, history, and folktales, Dorinda Hafner--widely known for her PBS-TV cooking show--presents recipes from African and beyond.

A journey through the culinary history, traditions and techniques of Africa in 75 mouth-watering recipes and over 300 step-by-step photographs.