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Zusatztext Charlayne Hunter-Gault Chief Africa correspondent! National Public Radio! and author of In My Place [Jessica Harris] is truly the Zora Neale Hurston of culinary anthropology. Informationen zum Autor Jessica B. Harris holds a PhD from NYU and taught English at Queens College for more than thirty years. She lectures internationally. She is the author of High on the Hog , which inspired the hit 2021 Netflix show of the same name. She is also the author of a memoir, M y Soul Looks Back , as well as twelve cookbooks. Her articles have appeared in Vogue , Food & Wine , Essence , and The New Yorker , among other publications. She has made numerous television and radio appearances and has been profiled in The New York Times . Considered one of the preeminent scholars of the food of the African Diaspora, Harris has been inducted into the James Beard Who’s Who in Food and Beverage in America, she received the James Beard Lifetime Achievement Award in 2020, and an Augie Award from the Culinary Institute of America in 2022. She also received an honorary doctorate from Johnson & Wales University and recently helped the Smithsonian Museum of African American History and Culture to conceptualize its cafeteria. Klappentext Cajun, Creole, and Caribbean dishes all have their roots in the cooking of West and Central Africa; the peanuts, sweet potatoes, rice, cassava, plantains, and chile pepper that star in the cuisines of New Orleans, Puerto Rico, and Brazil are as important in the Old World as they are in the New World. In Iron Pots and Wooden Spoons, esteemed culinary historian and cookbook author Jessica Harris returns to the source to trace the ways in which African food has migrated to the New World and transformed the way we eat. From condiments to desserts, Harris shares more than 175 recipes that find their roots and ingredients in Africa, from Sand-roasted Peanuts to Curried Coconut Soup, from Pepper Rum to Candied Sweet Potatoes, from Beaten Biscuits to Jamaica Chicken Run Down, from Shortening Bread to Ti-Punch.Enticing recipes, a colorful introduction on the evolution of transported African food, information on ingredients from achiote to z'oiseaux and utensils make this culinary journey a tantalizing, and satisfying, experience. Zusammenfassung Cajun! Creole! and Caribbean dishes all have their roots in the cooking of West and Central Africa; the peanuts! sweet potatoes! rice! cassava! plantains! and chile pepper that star in the cuisines of New Orleans! Puerto Rico! and Brazil are as important in the Old World as they are in the New World. In Iron Pots and Wooden Spoons! esteemed culinary historian and cookbook author Jessica Harris returns to the source to trace the ways in which African food has migrated to the New World and transformed the way we eat. From condiments to desserts! Harris shares more than 175 recipes that find their roots and ingredients in Africa! from Sand-roasted Peanuts to Curried Coconut Soup! from Pepper Rum to Candied Sweet Potatoes! from Beaten Biscuits to Jamaica Chicken Run Down! from Shortening Bread to Ti-Punch. Enticing recipes! a colorful introduction on the evolution of transported African food! information on ingredients from achiote to z'oiseaux and utensils make this culinary journey a tantalizing! and satisfying! experience. Inhaltsverzeichnis ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroductionIngredients and UtensilsAppetizersSoupsSauces and CondimentsVegetables and SaladsStarchesMain DishesDesserts and CandiesBeveragesIndex...
