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James C. McCann

    Stirring the Pot
    Maize and Grace
    • 2010

      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.

      Stirring the Pot
    • 2007

      Maize and Grace

      • 304 pages
      • 11 hours of reading
      3.3(51)Add rating

      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.

      Maize and Grace