Seven Grains of Paradise tells the fascinating and much neglected story about many kinds of food in Africa, a continent with a rich farming tradition, intricate cuisines, and a multitude of food cultures. Centuries of disparaging judgements and a half-century of media reports churning out images of famine, disease, and conflict have eclipsed the facts that Africans have marvellous local foods and culinary delicacies, and that small family farms still...