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Beyond
Gumbo: A History of Ghanaian Cookbooks
Fran
Osseo-Asare
Abstract
Despite
significant recent research into culinary history, rarely
have studies utilized West African cookbooks
or cookbook authors extensively. This paper identifies primary
Ghanaian/West African cookbooks in English during the latter
half of the 20th century and develops a typology using authors
and audiences as a framework for analysis. The cookbooks’ origins,
development, and relationship to African-American and African
diasporan cookbooks are briefly examined. Finally, the paper
posits the need for the establishment of a West African culinary
archive.
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