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Stirring the pot : a history of African cuisine

Title: Stirring the pot : a history of African cuisine / James C. McCann.
Author: McCann, James, 1950-
Publication: Athens, Ohio : Ohio University Press, c2009.

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Description

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

Summary

Stirring the Pot breaks new ground and makes clear the relationship between food and the culture, history, and national identity of Africans.

Series Statement

Africa in world history

Uniform Title

Africa in world history.

Subjects

Bibliography (note)

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

Contents

Introduction. African cooking and African history -- Pt. 1. Basic ingredients -- 1. Seasons and seasonings: Africa's Geographic Endowments of the Edible -- 2. Staples, starches, and the heat of Atlantic circulation -- Pt. 2. Stirring the national stew: food and national identity in Ethiopia -- 3. Taytu's feast: cuisine and nation in the New Flower, Ethiopia, 1887 -- 4. Stirring a national dish: Ethiopian cuisine, 1500-2000 -- Pt. 3. Africa's cooking: some common ground of culture and of cuisine -- 5. A West African culinary grammar -- 6. History and cookery in the Maize Belt and Africa's maritime world -- Pt. 4. Africa's global menu -- 7. Diaspora cookery: Africa, circulation, and the new world pot -- Epilogue: some good comparative readings -- App. Recipe list.

Call Number

Sc D 10-868

ISBN

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

LCCN

2009035723

OCLC

320803201

Author

McCann, James, 1950-

Title

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

Imprint

Athens, Ohio : Ohio University Press, c2009.

Series

Africa in world history

Africa in world history.

Bibliography

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

Research Call Number

Sc D 10-868

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