Experience Africa's vibrant food culture with 120 recipes from the continent's 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
Africa's 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 Africa's famed couscous and grilled meats Eastern Africa's aromatic curries Central
Africa's Peanut Sauce Stew and Cocoyam Dumplings Southern Africa's fresh seafood and street
food and Western Africa's renowned Chicken Yassa. With text contributions from experts
including Pierre Thiam Selassie Atadika Anto Cocagne Coco Reinarhz and Michael Adé Elégbèdé
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 lover's library.
Inviting instructive accessible and exciting The Contemporary African Kitchen brings the
conversation about Africa's 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) Â Moustafa Elrefaey (Egypt) Arnaud Gwaga (Burundi) Mohamed Kamal (Egypt) Kudakwashe
Makoni (Zimbabwe) Dieuveil Malonga (Republic of Congo) O'miel 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 (Côte d'Ivoire)
Matse Uwatse (Nigeria) Alfonso Videira (Angola) Nana Araba Wilmot (Ghana) Rubia Zablon
(Kenya) Farida Zamradje (Morocco).
