African Food & Cooking

Selected Books - Websites

Selected Books

For additional books, browse the library catalog under the subject headings: Cookery - African, Cookery, Ethiopian, Cookery - West African.

	Jackson, Elizabeth A. South of the Sahara: Traditional Cooking from the Countries of West Africa Born and raised in Nigeria, Jackson includes very traditional recipes requiring ingredients like real African yams, plantains, black-eyed peas, okra, peanuts, and cassava meal. At the back are chapters on the food of selected African peoples. TX725.W47 J33 1999
	Samuelsson, Marcus The Soul of a New Cuisine: a discovery of the foods and flavors of Africa A renowned chef explores the continent of Africa from a deeply personal perspective, sharing both his travels and his interpretations of the African foods he discovered along the way.
	Bacon, Josephine, 1942- and and Jenni Fleetwood Food and Cooking of Africa and the Middle East: a fascinating journey through rich and diverse cuisines: the culinary history, the ingredients, the techniques and over 150 authentic dishes.

Websites

• Africaguide: Cooking and Recipes
  http://www.africaguide.com/cooking.htm
  Explore the delicious and varied cusines of Africa and learn how to prepare traditional African dishes. Also lists common ingredients.
• Columbia University: African Studies: Cooking Recipes from Africa
  http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/indiv/africa/cuvl/cooking.html
  Links to collections of African recipes on the web.
• The Congo Cookbook
  http://www.congocookbook.com/
  A collection of over 100 recipes from Africa, plus information about African cooking, food, gastronomy, culture and history; perfect for use at home, for school projects, for a club dinner, and for Kwanzaa celebrations.
• DMOZ: World Cuisines: African
  http://dmoz.org/Home/Cooking/World_Cuisines/African/
  The Open Directory Project links to other websites. Many of these links are to individual recipes.
• RecipeZaar: African Recipes
  http://www.recipezaar.com/r/108
  1,217 recipes posted and reviewed by contributors
• Stanford University: Africa, South of the Sahara
  http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/ssrg/africa/africanrecipes.html
  Links to recipe collections
• University of Pennsylvania African Studies: The African Cookbook
  http://www.sas.upenn.edu/African_Studies/Cookbook/about_cb_wh.html
  This site not only has recipes but explains the eating customs of some African countries.
• Whats 4 Eats: SubSaharan Africa
  http://www.whats4eats.com/3subSahara.html
  Whats4Eats is a website designed as a celebration of the various cuisines of the world. The section on Africa has information on the African pantry and recipes from Ethiopia, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal, and South Africa.