Product Description

First published in 1909, Zimbabwe's earliest cookery book will
entrance you with over 230 recipes for African delicacies.

Aromatic green fig preserve; savoury "bobotie" (a curried meat-loaf that
reflects southern Africa's Malay heritage); zesty lemon pudding and warm,
spicy gingerbread. Zimbabwean originals, every one.

More than fifty delightful contemporary advertisements, for
long-established Zimbabwean companies like Puzey & Payne and Maskew Miller,
lend vintage Edwardian style to this enchanting work.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #133848 in Books
• Published on: 2006-09-23
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 160 pages

About the Author
Louise Chataway, who compiled this volume, was born in Dublin in
1865. As a young woman she came to London, where she lodged in a Bloomsbury
boarding house with her friend Annie, who worked alongside her in a savings
bank.

One of their fellow lodgers was a nineteen-year-old merchant's clerk called
Norman Chataway; Louise and Norman fell in love, were married in 1895, and
emigrated to Rhodesia (now known as Zimbabwe) in southern Africa, where
Norman Chataway took a job with the British South Africa Company. They
spent the rest of their lives in Africa: Norman Chataway died in January
1935, and Louise died shortly afterwards.

Customer Reviews

Bulawayo Cook Book
I brought this book for a friend who comes from Bulawayo. He was really impressed with the content. Brought home lots of memories. Even I was impressed and have written down a couple of the reciepes. I want to try the Bobotee reciepe which sounds lovely. But I have to say some of the ingredients in the book are very interesting. Tinned Halibut comes to mind!!!!
I thought it was a great price for a fab book.