Taste of Africa
A Safari full of Flavour
Product: Cooking Books
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The Cape
Malay Cookbook, Faldela Williams
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The author of this book grew up in District Six, the once lively neighbourhood a few blocks away from the Cape Town harbour; filled with people from different cultures, live music and the smells of spicy food. In a joyful and simple way, we are inspired to cook classic recipes from the Cape Malay kitchen, to bake their traditional breads, and enjoy their fantastic pastries and cakes for every days and festive days. This book is more than a cooking book; it introduces us to the colourful Muslim Cape Malay culture and its unique dishes. All recipes are adjusted to suit our modern living and simplified so that is becomes easy, exciting and tasty.
The book is in English and all measures follow the metric system.
Cass Abrahams Cooks Cape Malay,
Cass Abrahams
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This book celebrates the Cape Malay kitchen and the colourful people of this culture. Enchanting photographs invites us to their traditional cooking, the way it was shaped by families for more than 300 years, and how it is now served in some the finest restaurants in Cape Town. Every chapter tells stories about the function of the food in the different festive and religious occasions of the Cape Malay culture. We are invited to share a colourful part of South Africa and to learn to cook food that now inspires the whole world. This is food that is easy to love with its warm spiciness and charm.
The book is in English and all measures follow the metric system.
South
African Indigenous Foods, Bomme Basemzansi
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This new book gives us insights into South African food-joy intertwined with cultural experiences and wisdoms from five provinces in South Africa. These wholesome recipes, and the stories about the people who shaped them, give us knowledge about South Africa’s cultural diversity and culinary richness. This book is the result of a project aiming to encourage and support women on the countryside. In a lovely colourful layout, this book celebrates the unique knowledge of these women and makes it available for us – for you – in your own kitchen!
The book is in English and all measures follow the metric system.
Potjiekos
Favourites, Sanne Smit
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Potjiekos means ”food cooked in an African cast-iron pot” – a potjie. In South Africa, it also means a feast! Meat in different forms, chicken, shellfish, and vegetarian – you can cook everything in a potjie! You can even bake bread and make delicious desserts. Here we are inspired to cook food that won prizes in different ”potjiekos-competitions” in South Africa. We find out how to do it and what ingredients to use. Beautiful colour photos tempt us to try this relaxing form of cooking - perhaps in a beautiful spot accompanied by good friends!
The book is in English and all measures follow the metric system.
Rainbow Cuisine, Lannice Snyman &
Andrzej Sawa
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In an insightful and informative way, highlighted by radiant photographs, this book captures the unique mixture of food cultures in ‘the Rainbow Nation’ South Africa. In a little over three hundred years, South Africa's intriguing and diverse cuisine has evolved with influence from all population groups. Rainbow cuisine took seven years to make – and it was really worth it. This is a book to browse through, to read, to cook from, to get inspiration from, and to treasure!
The book is in English and all measures follow the metric system.
A Taste of Africa, Dorinda Hafner
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This book brings you the cultural dynamics of Mother Africa. Enlivened with fascinating insight into African folklore, legend, and cultural diversity, it tempts you to taste all the delicious dishes from the body of her continent and islands on her coasts. It is illustrated with maps and features over 130 recipes from 15 countries.
The book is in English and all measures follow the metric system.