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The Africa News Cookbook: African Cooking for Western Kitchens
The best of regional African dishes adapted for American Kitchens.From the simple to the exotic, from appetizers to desserts, here is a delectable array of recipes representing every African country.
208 pages, Spiral-bound
First published January 1, 1985
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December 6, 2012
This is my most prized cook book. I'd take this with me if I had to evacuate my home. It's the source of the best recipes for legumes and its why I love this book.
My son's favorite is the Quick Fruit Curry on p 49 (my book is published in 1985 - it may be different in other additions).
This is my guide for lentils, curries, split peas and more.
My son's favorite is the Quick Fruit Curry on p 49 (my book is published in 1985 - it may be different in other additions).
This is my guide for lentils, curries, split peas and more.
December 31, 2010
Publishe by Penquin, and the only African cookbook I cound find back in the 80's. The book I have is spiral bound and lays flat on the counter or stays open wherever it is set. Great feature for cooking!
I use it mostly for Ethiopian recipes. Outstanding stuff and these are most like the restaurants i have eaten in. I never have had homemade Dorowat or Berebere, but I like the way it's cooked with these recipes. I use this book for the curry powder, Ghurum Masala, Niter Kebbeh making samoosas with lentils and ground beef, and the Yatekil wat, and have adapted my own Zil Zil from, the Dorowat recipe.
The only negative I have found is sometimes you have to work at the proportions to make smaller batches. Work the percentages or proportions out ahead of time and things go great!
I use it mostly for Ethiopian recipes. Outstanding stuff and these are most like the restaurants i have eaten in. I never have had homemade Dorowat or Berebere, but I like the way it's cooked with these recipes. I use this book for the curry powder, Ghurum Masala, Niter Kebbeh making samoosas with lentils and ground beef, and the Yatekil wat, and have adapted my own Zil Zil from, the Dorowat recipe.
The only negative I have found is sometimes you have to work at the proportions to make smaller batches. Work the percentages or proportions out ahead of time and things go great!
June 7, 2012
The authors make this regional cooking super accessible for the average American cook. I've made a few things out of this book now and each item turned out awesome!
January 31, 2014
One of my favorite cookbooks of all times!
August 25, 2020
"Purple Hibiscus" mentions eating fufu, and I recognized it b/c of this cookbook. We've made fufu a couple of times -- it takes a lot of muscle. Every winter, I make vegetable mafe at least once. I have seen this book at used book sales, so I think you could find it easily.
July 10, 2018
Awesome recipes. My favorite cookbook.
October 21, 2018
Simple and delicious African recipes (tagine recipes from Northern Africa, peanut stews of Western Africa, chutneys of South Africa, etc). Very few recipes are overly complicated and time-consuming.
February 17, 2010
Africa News was based in Durham, NC back when I used to live there. This cookbook is a great sampling of recipes from all over Africa. I don't think I've tried anything out of it for a while but I remember that what I did try was good. It's time to revisit it.
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