African Cooking and Food Bibliography
Cooking in Africa (Photo credit: Gilson Oliveira and Rafaela Printes)
The Africa News Cookbook: African Cooking for Western Kitchens. New York: Penguin, 1985.
Ayensu, Dinah Ameley. The Art of West African cooking. Garden City, N.Y., Doubleday, 1972.
Bayley, Monica. Black Africa Cook Book. San Francisco, Calif. : Determined Productions, 1977.
Beier, Georgina. They Keep Their Fires Burning: Conversation on Food, Manners and Hospitality in Africa. Bayreuth, Germany: Bayreuth African Studies Series 72, 2005.
Boahene, Christine Joyce. Recipes for West African Foods. Accra, Ghana: Black Mask Ltd., 1994.
Board on Science and Technology for International Development. Lost Crops of Africa, Vol I: Grains. Washington, DC: National Academy Press, 1996.
_____. Lost Crops of Africa, Vol. II: Vegetables. Washington, DC: National Academy Press, 2006.
La Cuisine aux Pays du Soleil. (Les Classiques Africains). Issy les Moulineaux: Editions St. Paul, 1976.
Dovlo, Florence E. Cowpeas : Home Preparation and Use in West Africa. Ottawa: International Development Research Centre, 1976.
Gardner, Ann. Karibu: Welcome to the Cooking of Kenya. Nairobi: English Press Ltd., 1993.
Grant, Rosamund. Caribbean and African Cooking. New York: Interlink Books, 1993.
Hachten, Harva. Kitchen Safari: A Gourmet’s Tour of Africa. New York, Atheneum, 1970.
Hall, Lynn Bedford. Best of Cooking in South Africa. Cape Town, South Africa: Struik Publishers, 1998.
Harris, Jessica B. The Africa Cookbook: Tastes of a Continent. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1998.
_____. Iron Pots and Wooden Spoons: 175 Authentic Cajun, Creole, and Caribbean Dishes. New York: Ballantine Books, 1989.
Jackson, Elizabeth. South of the Sahara: Traditional Cooking from the Lands of West Africa. Hollis, N.H.: Fantail, 199.
Kallon, Zainabu Kpaka. Zainabu’s African Cookbook with Food and Stories. New York: Citadel Press, 2004.
Mendy, Rose-Marie et al. Les Merveilles de la Cuisine Africaine. Paris, France: Les Éditions J.A., 1988.
Mesfin, D. J. Exotic Ethiopian Cooking: Society, Culture, Hospitality & Traditions : 178 Tested Recipes with Food Composition Tables. Falls Church, VA: Ethiopian Cookbook Enterprises, 1993.
Montgomery, Bertha Vining. Cooking the East African Way. London: Turnaround, 2002.
_____. Cooking the West African Way. London: Turnaround, 2002.
Odarty, Bill. A Safari of African Cooking. Detroit: Broadside Press, 1971.
Olaore, Ola. Traditional African Cooking. London: Foulsham, 1990.
Osseo-Asare, Fran. Food Culture in Sub-Saharan Africa. (Food Culture around the World series.) Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 2005.
Pliya, Jean. Alimentation de Santé en AfriqueTtropicale : avec Menus et
Recettes Naturistes Africains. Paris : Éditions de la revue Vivre en harmonie, 2000.
Samuelsson, Marcus. The Soul of a New Cuisine: A Discovery of the Food and Flavors of Africa. Hoboken, N.J.: Wiley, 2006.
Sandler, Bea. The African Cookbook: Menus and Recipes from Eleven African Countries and the Island of Tanzania. New York: Citadel Press, 1994.
Spivey, Diane M. The Peppers, Cracklings, and Knots of Wool Cookbook. New York : State University of New York Press, 1999. [Internet resource]
Stow, Josie. The African Kitchen: A Day in the Life of a Safari Chef. New York : Interlink Books, 2000.
Tew, Lady Muriel. Cooking in West Africa:A Colonial Guide, 1920.
Twitty, Michael. Fighting Old Nep: The Foodways of Enslaved Afro-Marylanders, 1634-1864. Self-published, 2006.
Van der Post, Laurens. African Cooking. New York: Time-Life Books, 1970.
_____. First Catch Your Eland. New York: William Morrow, 1978.
Webster, Cassandra Hughes. Mother Africa’s Table: A Collection of West African and African American Recipes and Cultural Traditions. (National Council of Negro Women, Inc.) New York: Doubleday, 1998.
Whitby, Pauline. Zambian Foods and Cooking. Lusaka, Zambia: National Food and Nutrition Program, 1972.
Wilson, Ellen Gibson. A West African Cookbook. New York: M. Evans and Company, Inc., 1971.
Web Sites of Interest on African Cooking:
http://dmoz.org/Home/Cooking/World_Cuisines/African/
© 2008 C. Bertelsen
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I am new to food blogging and Ive started to share east african Swahili recipes. I have been searching for african cookery information with historical significance. Thank you for compiling the african cookery and food bibliography.
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