The Contemporary African Kitchen

As featured by NBCs Today Show, Harpers Bazaar, Forbes, and Vogue France A cookbook to be dipped into for inspiration for intimate late-night suppers and pull-out-the-stops buffets. It is a book to read, to cook from and to savor that will delight the mind and the tastebuds. Jessica B. Harris, Ph.D., food historian, lecturer, and author of High on the Hog Experience Africas vibrant food culture with 120 recipes from the continents most exciting culinary voices Meet the culinarians who are setting the new African table. James Beard Award-winning author Alexander Smalls presents a vibrant library of home cooking recipes and texts contributed by 33 chefs, restaurateurs, caterers, cooks, and writers at the heart of Africas food movement. Organized geographically into five regions, The Contemporary African Kitchen presents 120 warm and delicious dishes, each beautifully photographed and brought to life through historical notes, personal anecdotes, and serving suggestions. Home cooks will discover a bounty of diverse, delicious dishes ranging from beloved classics to newer creations, all rooted in a shared language of ingredients, spices, and cooking traditions. Learn to make Northern Africas famed couscous and grilled meats; Eastern Africas aromatic curries; Central Africas Peanut Sauce Stew and Cocoyam Dumplings; Southern Africas fresh seafood and street food; and Western Africas renowned Chicken Yassa. With text contributions from experts including Pierre Thiam, Selassie Atadika, Anto Cocagne, Coco Reinarhz, and Michael Ad Elgbd, the essay and recipe contributors to this ground-breaking survey are at the heart of the food movement of Africa, making it an essential addition to every cook and food lovers library. Inviting, instructive, accessible, and exciting, The Contemporary African Kitchen brings the conversation about Africas cuisine into homes around the world. Chefs and countries featured: Zein Abdallah (Uganda); Agatha Achindu (Cameroon); Eric Adjepong (Ghana); Ikenna Akwuebue Bobmanuel (Nigeria); Clara Kapelembe Bwali (Zambia); Akram Cherif (Tunisia); Agness Colley (Togo); Moustafa Elrefaey (Egypt); Arnaud Gwaga (Burundi); Mohamed Kamal (Egypt); Kudakwashe Makoni (Zimbabwe); Dieuveil Malonga (Republic of Congo); Omiel Moundounga (Gabon); Mwaka Mwiimbu (Zambia); Joseph Odoom (Ghana); Forster Oben Oru (Cameroon); Thabo Phake (South Africa); Mostafa Seif (Egypt); Mogau Seshoene (South Africa); Sifo Sinoyolo (South Africa); Mame Sow (Senegal); Sophia Teshome (Ethiopia); Pierre Thiam (Senegal); Roze Traore (Cte dIvoire); Matse Uwatse (Nigeria); Alfonso Videira (Angola); Nana Araba Wilmot (Ghana); Rubia Zablon (Kenya).