Describes how the ingredients, methods and varieties of African cuisine comprise a repository of tried and tested household and farming knowledge, mostly preserved by women. This title also reveals how recipes, tastes and culinary practices are integral to understanding the continent's history.
James C. McCann Book order


- 2010
- 2007
Maize and Grace
- 304 pages
- 11 hours of reading
Sometime around 1500 AD, an African farmer planted a maize seed imported from the New World. That act set in motion the remarkable saga of one of the world's most influential crops - one that would transform the future of Africa and of the Atlantic world. This work deals with this subject.