Africana: More Than 100 Recipes and Flavors Inspired by a Rich Continent

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In this cookbook, Aileen Wilsen takes you to South Africa, where you experience the cooking without the actual travel. Are you longing for an immersive and enriching experience like no other, with a rich culture and people, fresh and sumptuous food, while surrounded by breathtaking natural beauty? Join me at our unique cookery retreats across Africa and beyond. He adds history to the food by appending a picture of the local area where the food originated. That can also be an opportunity to learn about Africa. Learning and knowing how to cook is rewarding! And it is even more satisfying if you can prepare any dish you crave for. As you probably know, cooking your own meals can help you save money and also eat healthily.

Unlike an online recipe that anyone can post without trying the actual recipe, it’s almost impossible to publish recipes that you have not tried as a cookbook. There are two main types of palm oil. The more familiar red palm oil brings its distinctive taste and hue…This red palm oil has even crossed the Atlantic to become one of the hallmarks of the cooking of Bahia, Brazil. The less familiar palm kernel oil is light tan and has an almost molasses-sweet smell. A seasoned version of the red type, called zomi, is also occasionally available…Those who are concerned about health issues involving eating of excessive saturated fats can moderate their palm oil intake by diminishing the amount of palm oil used and replacing it with another vegetable oil." p66 Truly, this book, and the recipes it contains, are wonderful for showing any chef how simple ingredients can be bought to life with unique, stunning concoctions of herbs and spices. With more than 100 recipes, you have an abundance of food to choose from. These are meals that the author herself has prepared. In this book, she laid bare her experiences working as a culinary expert.You’ll need a little experience of cooking, which is something common, for you to appreciate the book. I was also told that proper young ladies would never think of chewing kola and that they would never, under any circumstances, accept kola from someone who was not a close friend of the family. Well, all the admonitions were enough to get me going…I took a small nibble…They were just bitter. A second nibble confirmed that kola addiction was not in my future. Now I just smile and nod when listing to my friends warn their daughters of the evils of kola. They should just let them try some: I’ll take odds they’ll never want any more.” p112 A beautiful book full of recipes that I can't wait to make, as soon as I have the time. However, some aren't in my plans, because Lerato Umah-Shaylor seems more tolerant of complicated recipes that I am (which is not surprising, as she is a chef and caterer). For example, the Hibiscus-Orange Chocolate Cake probably takes more time than I'm willing to spend on a recipe, but it looks delicious and I wish someone would make it for me.

Besides, most cookbook authors write a cookbook to boost their profile. This made them invest in professional services in publishing the cookbook. This is very different from a random food blog that might appear on your Google search.On the one hand, cookbooks can aid your journey to become a professional chef or cook. So, a good cookbook gives you great value for your money. The Food Tells a Story We hope this post will help you hone your cooking skills by getting any of the recommended cookbooks. Books like these are rare these days - written by someone who has researched, traveled, learned, and cooked for years and telling stories and history along with the recipes.