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- Book Title
- Stirring the Pot
- Publication Name
- Stirring the Pot : a History of African Cuisine
- Title
- Stirring the Pot
- Subtitle
- A History of African Cuisine
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- ISBN-10
- 0896802728
- EAN
- 9780896802728
- ISBN
- 9780896802728
- Publisher
- Ohio University Press
- Genre
- Society & Culture
- Topic
- Food & Drink
- Release Date
- 31/10/2009
- Release Year
- 2009
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- US
- Item Height
- 0.7in
- Item Length
- 9in
- Series
- Africa in World History Ser.
- Language
- English
- Publication Year
- 2009
- Type
- Textbook
- Item Width
- 6in
- Item Weight
- 23.5 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 240 Pages
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U.S. and World Winner in the Best African Cuisine Book category, Gourmand World Cookbook Awards, 2010 Africa's art of cooking is a key part of its history. All too 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. Stirring the Pot offers a chronology of African cuisine beginning in the sixteenth century and continuing from Africa's original edible endowments to its globalization. McCann traces cooks' use of new crops, spices, and tastes, including New World imports like maize, hot peppers, cassava, potatoes, tomatoes, and peanuts, as well as plantain, sugarcane, spices, Asian rice, and other ingredients from the Indian Ocean world. He analyzes recipes, not as fixed ahistorical documents, but as lively and living records of historical change in women's knowledge and farmers' experiments. A final chapter describes in sensuous detail the direct connections of African cooking to New Orleans jambalaya, Cuban rice and beans, and the cooking of African Americans' "soul food." Stirring the Pot breaks new ground and makes clear the relationship between food and the culture, history, and national identity of Africans.
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Publisher
Ohio University Press
ISBN-10
0896802728
ISBN-13
9780896802728
eBay Product ID (ePID)
73239314
Product Key Features
Publication Name
Stirring the Pot : a History of African Cuisine
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Publication Year
2009
Series
Africa in World History Ser.
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
240 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9in
Item Height
0.7in
Item Width
6in
Item Weight
23.5 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Gt2853.A35m37 2009
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"Well-written, clear, and informative, Stirring the Pot provides a compelling, readable history of food and cuisine in Africa. . . . a remarkable book." -Amy Bentley, associate professor in the department of Nutrition,Food Studies, and Public Health, New York University, " Stirring the Pot is a welcome addition to the sparse literature on African history, food and foodways, and popular culture.... The book is aimed at a wide audience, ranging from mature secondary-school students through undergraduates and general readers, but graduate students and academics will also find its detailed documentation helpful."-- Gastronomica, "Historian McCann alters the typical proportions of books on food, with 27 select recipes supplementing generous portions of the history of cuisine in Africa and beyond. The author emphasizes disparate influences on Africa's foodways, including encounters between the continent's peoples and states along with seminal transformations wrought by post-1492 global circulation of crops. . . . Summing Up: Highly recommended. " - Choice, Published as part of an Africa in World History series brought out by an academic press, Ohio University Press, and aimed primarily at students and scholars, Stirring the Pot nonetheless considers a large swath of the world's foodways and history in a valuable and, for many readers, new way. Despite the foodie fever currently gripping the culture, there doesn't appear to be a whole lot out there about African cuisine. . . ." — Wilson Quarterly, (McCann's) close reading of a feast offered in 1887 by Tatyu, the wife of Ethiopian king Menelik II, is an exemplary investigation of stat patronage and Ethiopian cuisine. The author's use of details is eye-catching…. There has been a desperate need for this kind of study for over two decades, so McCann has done African studies a service by writing such a readable book." — Notes & Records, Stirring the Pot is a welcome addition to the sparse literature on African history, food and foodways, and popular culture…. The book is aimed at a wide audience, ranging from mature secondary-school students through undergraduates and general readers, but graduate students and academics will also find its detailed documentation helpful." — Gastronomica, "The author of the Gourmand award-winning book Stirring the Pot is one of the biggest experts when it comes to the agricultural and cooking history of Africa." -- Gourmand Magazine, "A lively and engaging history of African food, cooking, and culinary cultures found within the continent and beyond. Indispensable reading for anyone interested in African history, the African diaspora, food studies, and women's contributions to culinary history."--Judith Carney, Department of Geography, University of California, Los Angeles, "Published as part of an Africa in World History series brought out by an academic press, Ohio University Press, and aimed primarily at students and scholars, Stirring the Pot nonetheless considers a large swath of the world's foodways and history in a valuable and, for many readers, new way. Despite the foodie fever currently gripping the culture, there doesn't appear to be a whole lot out there about African cuisine. . . ." -- Wilson Quarterly, "Well-written, clear, and informative, Stirring the Pot provides a compelling, readable history of food and cuisine in Africa. . . . a remarkable book." -- Amy Bentley, associate professor in the department of Nutrition,Food Studies, and Public Health, New York University, "Well-written, clear, and informative, Stirring the Pot provides a compelling, readable history of food and cuisine in Africa. . . . a remarkable book." --Amy Bentley, associate professor in the department of Nutrition,Food Studies, and Public Health, New York University, "(Stirring the Pot) makes the reader both intellectually and physically hungry." -- Canadian Journal of History, Well-written, clear, and informative, Stirring the Pot provides a compelling, readable history of food and cuisine in Africa. . . . a remarkable book." — Amy Bentley, associate professor in the department of Nutrition,Food Studies, and Public Health, New York University, "In this compelling study, James C. McCann provides a profound and novel way to examine history and historical change not only in Africa but also in the Atlantic basin. . . . This book allows readers to peek into the African cooking pot in order to better understand the constituent parts and nuances of African cuisine, as shaped by geography, history, trade across ecological zones, and migration (forced and voluntary) across oceans (Atlantic, Pacific, and the Mediterranean)." -American Historical Review, "Published as part of an Africa in World History series brought out by an academic press, Ohio University Press, and aimed primarily at students and scholars, Stirring the Pot nonetheless considers a large swath of the world's foodways and history in a valuable and, for many readers, new way. Despite the foodie fever currently gripping the culture, there doesn't appear to be a whole lot out there about African cuisine. . . ." - Wilson Quarterly, (Stirring the Pot) makes the reader both intellectually and physically hungry." — Canadian Journal of History, "Published as part of an Africa in World History series brought out by an academic press, Ohio University Press, and aimed primarily at students and scholars, Stirring the Pot nonetheless considers a large swath of the world's foodways and history in a valuable and, for many readers, new way. Despite the foodie fever currently gripping the culture, there doesn't appear to be a whole lot out there about African cuisine. . . ." -- Wilson Quarterly, "In this compelling study, James C. McCann provides a profound and novel way to examine history and historical change not only in Africa but also in the Atlantic basin.... This book allows readers to peek into the African cooking pot in order to better understand the constituent parts and nuances of African cuisine, as shaped by geography, history, trade across ecological zones, and migration (forced and voluntary) across oceans (Atlantic, Pacific, and the Mediterranean)."-- American Historical Review, Historian McCann alters the typical proportions of books on food, with 27 select recipes supplementing generous portions of the history of cuisine in Africa and beyond. The author emphasizes disparate influences on Africa's foodways, including encounters between the continent's peoples and states along with seminal transformations wrought by post-1492 global circulation of crops. . . . Summing Up: Highly recommended." — Choice, "Historian McCann alters the typical proportions of books on food, with 27 select recipes supplementing generous portions of the history of cuisine in Africa and beyond. The author emphasizes disparate influences on Africa's foodways, including encounters between the continent's peoples and states along with seminal transformations wrought by post-1492 global circulation of crops. . . . Summing Up: Highly recommended." -- Choice, "In this compelling study, James C. McCann provides a profound and novel way to examine history and historical change not only in Africa but also in the Atlantic basin. . . . This book allows readers to peek into the African cooking pot in order to better understand the constituent parts and nuances of African cuisine, as shaped by geography, history, trade across ecological zones, and migration (forced and voluntary) across oceans (Atlantic, Pacific, and the Mediterranean)." -- American Historical Review, "( Stirring the Pot ) makes the reader both intellectually and physically hungry."-- Canadian Journal of History, "Stirring the Pot is a welcome addition to the sparse literature on African history, food and foodways, and popular culture.... The book is aimed at a wide audience, ranging from mature secondary-school students through undergraduates and general readers, but graduate students and academics will also find its detailed documentation helpful." -- Gastronomica, "Historian McCann alters the typical proportions of books on food, with 27 select recipes supplementing generous portions of the history of cuisine in Africa and beyond. The author emphasizes disparate influences on Africa's foodways, including encounters between the continent's peoples and states along with seminal transformations wrought by post-1492 global circulation of crops. . . . Summing Up: Highly recommended. " -- Choice, "In this compelling study, James C. McCann provides a profound and novel way to examine history and historical change not only in Africa but also in the Atlantic basin. . . . This book allows readers to peek into the African cooking pot in order to better understand the constituent parts and nuances of African cuisine, as shaped by geography, history, trade across ecological zones, and migration (forced and voluntary) across oceans (Atlantic, Pacific, and the Mediterranean)." --American Historical Review, U.S. and World Winner in the Best African Cuisine Book category, Gourmand World Cookbook Awards, 2010, The author of the Gourmand award-winning book Stirring the Pot is one of the biggest experts when it comes to the agricultural and cooking history of Africa." — Gourmand Magazine, "Published as part of an Africa in World History series brought out by an academic press, Ohio University Press, and aimed primarily at students and scholars, Stirring the Pot nonetheless considers a large swath of the world's foodways and history in a valuable and, for many readers, new way. Despite the foodie fever currently gripping the culture, there doesn't appear to be a whole lot out there about African cuisine...."-- Wilson Quarterly , "From the Editors", "(McCann's) close reading of a feast offered in 1887 by Tatyu, the wife of Ethiopian king Menelik II, is an exemplary investigation of stat patronage and Ethiopian cuisine. The author's use of details is eye-catching.... There has been a desperate need for this kind of study for over two decades, so McCann has done African studies a service by writing such a readable book." -- Notes & Records, In this compelling study, James C. McCann provides a profound and novel way to examine history and historical change not only in Africa but also in the Atlantic basin. . . . This book allows readers to peek into the African cooking pot in order to better understand the constituent parts and nuances of African cuisine, as shaped by geography, history, trade across ecological zones, and migration (forced and voluntary) across oceans (Atlantic, Pacific, and the Mediterranean)." — American Historical Review
Copyright Date
2009
Target Audience
Scholarly & Professional
Topic
Regional & Ethnic / African, Africa / General, General, Agriculture & Food (See Also Political Science / Public Policy / Agriculture & Food Policy), Customs & Traditions
Lccn
2009-035723
Dewey Decimal
394.1/2
Dewey Edition
22
Illustrated
Yes
Genre
Cooking, History, Social Science
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