African Cooking by Laurens Van Der Post and Time-Life Books

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    • Categories: Soups; Stews & one-pot meals; Main course; East African
    • Ingredients: beef short ribs; plantains; boiling potatoes; onions
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    • Categories: Soups; South African (RSA)
    • Ingredients: pea beans; onions; leeks; carrots; beef short ribs; beef marrow bones; tomatoes; lemons; mace; ground red pepper; parsley; chiles
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    • Categories: Soups; East African
    • Ingredients: chicken stock; onions; leeks; carrots; long-grain rice; dried red chiles; peanut butter
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    • Categories: Soups; South African (RSA)
    • Ingredients: slab bacon; onions; leeks; chicken stock; boiling potatoes; parsley; bay leaves; ground coriander; white bread; heavy cream
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    • Categories: Soups; South African (RSA)
    • Ingredients: peas; chicken stock; onions; mint; milk
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    • Categories: Soups; Stocks; South African (RSA)
    • Ingredients: fish bones and trimmings; onions; bay leaves; black peppercorns; carrots; Madras curry powder; tomatoes; malt vinegar; boiling potatoes; haddock fillets; hard-cooked eggs
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    • Categories: Soups; Cooking ahead; South African (RSA); Vegetarian
    • Ingredients: pumpernickel bread; raisins; lemons; nutmeg; ground cinnamon; buttermilk
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    • Categories: Soups; Cooking ahead; South African (RSA)
    • Ingredients: cucumbers; boiling potatoes; onions; chicken stock; scallions; sweet pickles; mint; parsley; milk; sour cream
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    • Categories: Soups; Cooking ahead; East African; Vegetarian
    • Ingredients: tomatoes; sour cream; lemons; tomato paste; parsley; cucumbers; avocados
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    • Categories: Sauces for fish; Main course; Appetizers / starters; West African
    • Ingredients: onions; tomatoes; tomato paste; dried shrimp; ground ginger; ground red pepper; white pepper; French bread; striped bass; parsley; scallions; all-purpose flour; peanut oil; lemons
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    • Categories: Dips, spreads & salsas; Cooking ahead; West African
    • Ingredients: striped bass; boiling potatoes; onions; white peppercorns; lemons; white pepper; egg yolks; ground red pepper; peanut oil; romaine lettuce; hard-cooked eggs; tomatoes; shrimp
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    • Categories: Sauces, general; Cooking ahead; Vegetarian
    • Ingredients: egg yolks; ground red pepper; white pepper; peanut oil
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    • Categories: Salads; Main course; Cooking ahead; West African
    • Ingredients: shrimp; halibut; onions; bay leaves; black peppercorns; tomatoes; red bell peppers; green bell peppers; parsley; chiles; lemons; tomato paste
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    • Categories: Appetizers / starters; Main course; West African
    • Ingredients: hard-cooked eggs; limes; smoked whitefish; avocados; red bell peppers
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    • Categories: Stews & one-pot meals; Main course; West African
    • Ingredients: spinach; salt cod; shrimp; striped bass; peanut oil; lamb shoulder; onions; tomatoes; tomato paste; dried fish; dried shrimp; white pepper; ground red pepper; blue crabs; eggs; chiles
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    • Categories: Chutneys, pickles & relishes; Appetizers / starters; Cooking ahead; South African (RSA)
    • Ingredients: halibut; onions; chiles; Madras curry powder; fresh ginger; bay leaves; ground coriander; malt vinegar
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    • Categories: Curry; Main course; East African
    • Ingredients: salt cod; tomatoes; onions; Madras curry powder; roasted unsalted peanuts
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    • Categories: Main course; East African
    • Ingredients: fish bones and trimmings; onions; bay leaves; whole cloves; black peppercorns; cod steaks; parsley; dried chiles; whole coconuts
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    • Categories: Curry; Main course; South African (RSA)
    • Ingredients: fresh ginger; onions; Madras curry powder; ground coriander; ground anise seeds; ground cinnamon; tomatoes; rock lobster tails
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    • Categories: Grills & BBQ; Main course; Mozambican
    • Ingredients: shrimp; dried chiles; peanut oil; butter; lemons
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    • Categories: Main course; Mozambican
    • Ingredients: shrimp; onions; paprika; ground cumin; tomatoes; coconut milk; coriander leaves
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    • Categories: Stews & one-pot meals; Main course; South African (RSA)
    • Ingredients: lamb shoulder; onions; tomatoes; chiles; whole cloves
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  • ISBN 10 0809400464
  • ISBN 13 9780809400461
  • Published Jan 01 1970
  • Format Hardcover
  • Page Count 208
  • Language English
  • Edition 0
  • Countries United States
  • Publisher Time-Life, Incorporated

Publishers Text

Foods of the World was a popular series of 27 cookbooks published by Time-Life, beginning in 1968 and extending through the late 1970s, that provided a broad survey of many of the world's major cuisines. The individual volumes were written by well-known experts on the various cuisines and included significant contemporary food writers, including Craig Claiborne, Pierre Franey, James Beard, Julia Child, and M.F.K. Fisher, and was overseen by food writer Michael Field. The series combined recipes with food-themed travelogues in an attempt to show the cultural context from which each recipe sprang. African Cooking published in 1970 was put together by Sir Laurens Jan van der Post, CBE (1906 - 1996) a 20th-century Afrikaner author, farmer, war hero, political adviser to British heads of government, close friend of Prince Charles, godfather of Prince William, educator, journalist, humanitarian, philosopher, explorer and conservationist. The book's chapters include: My Continent: A Personal View, The Ancient World of Ethiopia, New Cuisines for New Nations, In the Highlands of East Africa, The World of Portuguese Africa, East and West Meet at the Cape, Great Cooking from Rich Farms, and On the Track of the Voortrekkers. It includes an extensive index.

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