STIRRING THE POT. A History of African Cuisine. J McCann

2010.  Soft cover. 215 pages. Very good condition. As new. Under 1kg.

Africa's art of cooking is a key part of its history. All to often Africa is associated with famine, but in Stirring the Pot,James C. McCann describes how the ingredients, the practices,and the varied tastes of African cuisine comprise a body of historically gendered knowledge practiced and perfected in households across diverse human and ecological landscape. McCann reveals how tastes and culinary practices are integral to the understanding of history and more generally to the new literature on food as social history.