The South African Illustrated Cookbook

by Lehla Eldridge

This illustrated cookbook makes a wonderful gift and a memento for both locals and tourists. The illustrator has captured various landmarks around South Africa to accompany the many local recipes she has garnered from cooks around the country. Recipes include traditional Xhosa, Zulu, English, Afrikaans, Cape Malay, Indian, Portuguese and contemporary South African dishes.

Genres: Cookbooks, Cooking

80 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2002

About the author

Lehla Eldridge is a performer, illustrator and writer. She trained at The Guildhall School of Music and Drama. She has worked with A and BC theatre Company, Tour de Force Theatre Company, at The Bristol Old Vic and she has worked extensively for Hoodwink Theatre Company. She was also awarded an International theatre scholarship from Twentieth Century Fox and she took her theatre company ‘Project Underdog’ to India to inaugurate The Prithvi International Theatre Festival in Mumbai.
She has written and illustrated The Lovely Book for Wonderful Women, The South African Illustrated Cookbook and Jump Fall Fly. She has illustrated many other children’s books. Such as ‘Excuse Me, I’m Trying to Read’ which won the NAESP best picture book award in America 2011. She raises her three children outside of the schooling system and has a passion for supporting self directed learners. She is an advocate for letting children live and learn in a respectful way and writes about unschooling at www.unschoolingthekids.com She has also written about circus classes and unschooling for The Guardian.

Reviews

[Tuck · Rating 4 out of 5]

4 stars for the ilustrations and short recipe explanations. maybe about 2-3 stars for the actual recipes. if you're interested in just dandy SA food, wholesome, interesting foods and interesting left coast usa-Mediterranean-funky afrikaner-cape malay-tribal take on foods, this would be a good addition.

[Sandra Noel · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a small, slim paperback book that is so cute and filled with interesting recipes. Chapters are Soups & Starters, Salads, Fish, Mains, Poultry, Side Dishes, Desserts and Baking. Including the index, the book is only 80 pages long, but what they pack in the 80 pages! I love the illustrations and the tidbits of information and history on the recipes. The recipes themselves are very different. I removed a star for the difficulty in finding quite a few of the ingredients. I have long loved trying foods from all different countries, so this little book definitely finds a place on my shelf! It was so interesting seeing the influences of different countries, available foods and ways of life on the recipes. That is what makes international cookbooks so fascinating to me. It's like a little slice of their lives put in a book for us to read, ponder and sample. There is much to sample in this little book, and I definitely recommend it!

I received a copy of this book from International Publishers Marketing, Inc for Alison & Busby Ltd. for my honest review. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

[Shanreadsnwrites · Rating 4 out of 5]

A short and simple cookbook with really fun illustrations with some South African classics and other great recipes. It’s so slim that it would be great to travel with, so you're still cook South African classics abroad! I wish some of the recipes had more cooking times, but also, isn’t that classic cooking (cook until it’s done)?! 3.25/5 stars