Book report7

Summary of the book
   The introduction provides basic information concerning sub-Saharan Africa, which helps readers when reading following chapters. Each of four chapters has detailed information in regard to four regions in sub-Saharan Africa, ranging from geography to food and culture. In addition, glossary, resource guide, appendix, and bibliography are written after the forth chapter, from which we can get a lot of related information and deepen the reading and enhance knowledge in regard to food culture in sub-Saharan Africa.

After reading
   Having read this book, I was able to enjoy reading and learn about food and culture in sub-Saharan Africa. I found some features similar to or different from the culture familiar to me, such as food from which people take carbohydrate. This book is well-organized and really helps further and widen our knowledge as regards food culture. Hence, I highly recommend the book.



    And actually, I found the book called "Food Culture in the Near East, Middle East and North Africa." Although I haven't read this book, I think it will helps me with widening and enhancing further my knowledge. You can find it in the library at the Junior college.
       

Food Culture Quiz

Quiz results

Your score	Average reader score
12 Correct 13 Wrong 48% You answered 12 of 25 questions correctly for a total score of 48%.

Although I already know some of the answers such as the information related to eggs, I did not know, or am not sure which answer is correct. Especially, I was surprised at the fact that bananas, watermelons, and blueberries are thought as berries but strawberries is thought as an accessory fruit. The quiz tells me a lot of information and helps me to further my knowledge related to food and culture.

The comparison between "Food For All" and "Second Harvest Japan"

Q1. What are some of the features that the groups have in common or that they have individually ?

A. They both donate food to those who can’t afford money to buy food because of the facts such as poverty or homelessness. Food for All helps homeless people not only by donating food but also supporting to enable the people to have self-confidence and responsibility and find the solution of the problem. Second Harvest Japan supports people suffered from a natural disaster such as an earthquake.

Q2. What are the main activities or events that these groups carry out?

A. Food for All’s activities

Celebs For Camden, Food Bank, Eco Garden

Second harvest Japan’s activities

Harvest Kitchen, Harvest Pantry, lectures or talks about what the group does to develop “food bank” in Japan and to cooperate with other groups.

Q3. From what you saw on their web sites, what surprised or interested you the most?

A. Food for all’s activities of helping homeless people not only to have food but also to have self-confidence is surprising for me and I think it is a great concept.

  

Q4. How would you be able to offer help to either organisation -- as a volunteer or supporter?

A. ・Go to the place where food is distributing and help supplying.

・Donate money, clothes, or other things I have.

Q5. Which group seems to be more active? Why do you think so?

A. Although each group has a good aspect individually, I think Second harvest Japan appears to do more various activities than Food for all.

Restaurant review3

Book report6

Today,  I want to show a video related to eastern African foods.

The first part shows how food culture in Kenya is, and the latter is the introduction of Kenyan foods. I think this video is good for those who are not familiar to African culture along with food to know how the foods are different or similar to whose cultures, and widen the knowledge of foods and cultures around the world.

As I read the book introduced on this blog, beans are used in many foods, as well as corns and bananas. And actually, I'm curious about the taste of Kenyan tea.

This video is from YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EkUc9htFjxU

Book report5

Central Africa

I am going to write about the last chapter dealing with central Africa.

Central Africa, which is often called the heart of Africa, consists of the countries of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Congo, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, the Central African Republic, Gabon, Angola, Burundi, and Rwanda. Chad can be included in central Africa as well. In central Africa, there are tropical rain forests that account for 8 percent of the continent's surface, and Congo River, the fifth longest river in the world, is located.

Congo river

Major foods and ingredients
 Basically, people in central Africa use almost the same ingredients as people in western and eastern Africa use. Yet, in central Africa, the names of the ingredients or foods are often different from other regions since the names came from French or local names. For example, Poulet Nyembwe is the name of the food that is chicken with palm nut sauce. Nguba means peanut in Kimbundu.

Poulet Nyembwe

 In east-central Africa, sweet potatoes are important in the cuisine. There are various ways to eat them, such as boiled and roasted. Bananas and plantains are eaten as well. As seasonings, tomatoes, onions, peppers, and salt are necessary. 

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Eastern Africa

Today, I will write the summary of the third chapter of the book, which deals with "eastern Africa."

Eastern Africa is often divided into two parts; Horn of Africa and East Africa. Horn of Africa includes Ethiopia, Eritrea, Djibouti, and Somalia. According to the Food and Agriculture Organization, Sudan, Kenya, and Uganda have often considered as East Africa since the 1970s, because these three countries were colonies of Britain, having had common services, such as airlines and railways.

Coffee bean

Major foods and ingredients
Coffee (coffee Arabica)
 Coffee originated in eastern Africa, specifically, Ethiopia. Nowadays, coffee is the most prominent export in the country. Its bean traveled from Ethiopia to Arabia, to Constantinople, to Europe, to England, to South America, and beyond. It came back to east Africa the 1800s, when British people brought it to introduce Brazilian plants on their plantations.

Coffee in Ethiopia

Ensete tree

Ensete
 Ensete is considered to have originated in the lowland area located between Uganda and Tanzania. It is now grown in the gardens of the western Gurage and others in the southwest of Ethiopia.
 Its stem and leaf are traditionally fermented for weeks of months, then cooked into bread or a porridge.