A South African Odyssey Thermomix
Culinary Travel Ethnic & Regional Cooking African Cuisine South African Cooking Thermomix Cookbook Healthy Cooking Cultural Food Studies Appliance-Specific Cooking
A South African Odyssey Thermomix is the only official Thermomix cookbook that takes you on a culinary road-trip from the Cape winelands to the Drakensberg, all while using a single countertop appliance. Published in 2014 and now out of print, this 282-page illustrated guide shows how to convert traditional braai sides, Cape Malay curries, Karoo lamb potjies and even malva pudding into fast, hands-off Thermomix recipes without losing the big, bold flavours that define South African food. Every page is calibrated for TM31 and TM5 models, so you can biltong-spice nuts, grind bobotie mix or steam mealie bread with the exact speeds, times and temperatures that work.
What makes this title coveted is its cultural storytelling: headnotes explain how Zulu beer bread differs from Xhosa injini, why apricots appear in so many Cape dishes, and which herbs the San people use for natural preservation. The photography—shot on location in local kitchens—shows the finished dishes in the context of bead-work place-mats, Ndebele-pattern napkins and enamel three-legged pots, turning the book into both a recipe collection and a coffee-table conversation piece. Nutritional data is included for every recipe, so health-minded cooks can track fibre, salt and saturated-fat counts while still enjoying comfort staples like boerewors rolls or milk-tart waffles.
Because the book is no longer in print, clean second-hand copies are snapped up quickly by collectors and travelling foodies who want an English-language reference that fits easily into a backpack. This particular copy has no inscriptions, ex-libris stamps or dog-eared corners; only a few pages carry the gentle battle-scars of actual kitchen use—proof that the recipes have been tested and trusted. For anyone who owns a Thermomix and wants to explore African cuisine without hunting for hard-to-find ingredients, A South African Odyssey is the definitive, machine-specific roadmap.
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