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Author:

McCann, James, 1950-

Title:

Stirring the pot : a history of African cuisine / James C. McCann.

Publisher:

Ohio University Press,

Copyright Date:

c2009

Description:

xiv, 213 p. : ill., maps, photographs ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Food habits--Africa.
Food preferences--Africa.
Cooking, African.
Africa--Social life and customs.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 199-204) and index.

Contents:

Introduction: African cooking and African history -- Basic ingredients -- Seasons and seasonings: Africa's geographic endowments of the edible -- Staples, starches, and the heat of Atlantic circulation -- Stirring the national stew: food and national identity in Ethiopia -- Taytu's feast: cuisine and nation in the New Flower, Ethiopia, 1887 -- Stirring a national dish: Ethiopian cuisine, 1500-2000 -- Africa's cooking: some common ground of culture and of cuisine -- A West African culinary grammar -- History and cookery in the Maize Belt and Africa's maritime world -- Africa's global menu -- Diaspora cookery: Africa, circulation, and the new world pot -- Epilogue: some good comparative readings -- Recipe list.

Series:

Africa in world history

ISBN:

0896802728 (pb : alk. paper)
9780896802728 (pb : alk. paper)

LCCN:

2009035723

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Carroll)

LAPH975 -- Sioux City Public Library (Sioux City)