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Cover of Butter & Love: Boerekos from a Farm Kitchen by Anna Carolina Alberts, showing Caro holding fresh mielies against a mint-green lace and strelitzia pattern

Cookbook · Quivertree Publications

Butter & Love

Boerekos from a Farm Kitchen

Anna Carolina Alberts invites you into her family’s farm kitchen, a magical place filled with aromas, flavours and stories. Containing more than 80 tried-and-tested recipes, Butter & Love is a tribute to a rich culinary heritage.

At the publisher
Publisher
Quivertree Publications
Published
November 2017
Extent
228 pages, over 85 recipes
ISBN
978-1-928209-92-8

Inside

A funky, proudly Afrikaans cookbook, written in English, combining accounts of farm life, doilies, koeksisters and other Afrikaans icons. Anna Carolina draws on the myriad influences in South African urban culture to present something uniquely contemporary, celebrating a rich heritage.

  • Classic Afrikaans recipes passed down through the generations — true boerekos, a South African heritage.
  • A brief history of food in South Africa, revealing the origins of traditional South African recipes.
  • Personal stories of farm and village life, from the ‘Home Economics’ teacher to friends and family.

Also available in Afrikaans as Botter & Liefde (ISBN 978-1-928209-96-6). Format: 190 × 230 mm, soft cover with flaps.