The Ranger wrote:

> One of my students from a class in my now-receding past stopped by before
> the last minute of the last hour of the last day of school bearing a book
> on African cuisine by Jessica B. Harris. It was his way of thanking me as
> he headed off to middle school.
>
> WOW! I love it! I am enjoying reading every page so far. What a rich
> continent regarding melding flavors without losing individual ethnic
> identities.
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> Anyhow... If you're interested in further recipes, the ISBN is
> 0-684-80275-9 and the proper title is, "The Africa Cookbook: Tastes of A
> Continent" by Jessica B. Harris.

I've had that book in my Amazon shopping cart for some time now. One of
these days I'll actually get around to purchasing it. A book which intrigues
me a bit more is _The Soul of a New Cuisine: A Discovery of the Foods and
Flavors of Africa_, by Marcus Samuelsson. The author is an astounding chef
with an interesting history; his book _Aquavit: And the New Scandinavian
Cuisine_ is chock-full of mouth-watering recipes. His next book, _The New
American Table_, comes out in October.

Bob