New Books in African American Studies

Alexander Smalls and Nina Oduro, "The Contemporary African Kitchen: Home Cooking Recipes from the Leading Chefs of Africa" (Phaidon Press, 2024)


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The Contemporary African Kitchen: Home Cooking Recipes from the Leading Chefs of Africa (Phaidon Press, 2024) is an elegant collection of 120 home cooking recipes from Africa’s most​ exciting culinary voices today. Extensively researched and thoughtfully​ curated by James Beard Award winning chef, author, and restaurateur​ Alexander Smalls in collaboration with Dine Diaspora CEO Nina Oduro,​ this bold volume celebrates Africa’s extraordinary gastronomic past and​ present across a breadth of dishes.​ Composed of 55 countries with more than 1.4 billion people, and​ 2,000-plus languages spoken, Africa is home to distinct and diverse​ culinary traditions. 

The Contemporary African Kitchen centers Africa’s​ multifaceted cuisine and, as Smalls writes in the introduction, seeks to​ bring it into the “contemporary, modern, and stunning realm, illustrated through a myriad of stories, images, and recipes, all of which highlight​ Africa’s gifts to the world, through people and cuisine.” To accomplish​ this, Smalls and Oduro meticulously selected 33 of Africa’s most​ innovative and influential figures working today, all of whom were born or​ raised across the continent or have demonstrated contributions across​ countries, among them: Sinoyolo Sifo, Matse Uwatse, Eric Adjepong,​ Rōze Traore, Mogau Seshoene, and Dieuveil Malonga.

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