Taste of Eritrea: Recipes from One of East Africa's Most Interesting Little Countries

by Olivia Warren

This cookbook includes 100 easy-to-follow recipes, adapted for the North American kitchen, a section of staple ingredients, and the author's introduction and comments throughout regarding the history, traditions and culture of Eritrea.

Genres: Cookbooks, Africa

139 pages, Hardcover

First published October 1, 1999

Reviews

[Melissa Salsgiver · Rating 4 out of 5]

Loved learning about Eritrea in the introduction. The recipes intrigue me and I will be trying some of them.

[Morgan · Rating 3 out of 5]

Every cookbook highlighting cuisine from one country would do well to give a social and political history of that country, and this cookbook does just that. This overview of Eritrea's colonization by the Turks, Italians and Ethiopians explains their cuisine. As a cookbook, this is a document of on Westerner's experience with the food of a faraway country, giving readers a whiff through a window and perhaps a desire for more.