Stirring the pot : a history of African cuisine /

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Author / Creator:McCann, James, 1950-
Imprint:Athens, Ohio : Ohio University Press, ©2009.
Description:1 online resource (xiv, 213 pages) : illustrations, maps
Language:English
Series:Africa in world history
Africa in world history.
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11098681
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ISBN:9780896804647
089680464X
0896802728
9780896802728
9780896802728
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Summary:Africa's art of cooking is a key part of its history. All toooften 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 householdsacross diverse human and ecological landscape. McCannreveals how tastes and culinary practices are integral to the understanding of history and more generally to the new literature on food as social history. Stirring the Pot offers a chro.
Other form:Print version: McCann, James C. Stirring the Pot : A History of African Cuisine. Athens, OH : Ohio University Press, ©2009