A South Africa book scooped first prize at the annual Gournamd World Cookbook Awards.
Here is an excerpt about To The Banquetting House: African Cuisine: An Epic Journey from Xarra Books Online:
This book tells of Africa’s dynamic history through its cooking pots. Anna Trapido and Coco Reinharz evoke the unique beauty, fine flavours and unsurpassed opulence of Africa and the African Diaspora. The story of how the people of Africa shaped the modern world is demonstrated through the survival of African cuisine in countries such as Cuba, Haiti, Brazil, India, Iraq, USA. This cookbook takes you on a culinary journey of the flavours, aromas, cultures and histories of Africa and its cooking. The book is interactive, beautifully photographed and has the most useful cooks tips for finding alternative ingredients, how to weigh ingredients easily… as well as the history of some the spices and ingredients which have become a prominent feature in African cooking in the different regions on the continent. Not just a cookbook but a delightful history and travel through Africa. You can find recipes from ways of cooking mogodu, using amasi for sauce to oxtail terrine and Namibian oysters. The finest African cookbook yet published.
The book beat out over 6000 other entries to win the prestigious award.
Congratulations to the Authors, Anna Trapido and Coco Fathi Reinarhz for their incredible acheivement!
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