Front Cover -- Copyright -- Contents -- Dedication -- Note from Mr Nelson Mandela -- Acknowledgements -- Foreword from Professor Jakes Gerwel -- My life in food -- Soups -- Pea soup -- Isophu -- Butternut soup -- Vegetable soup -- Brown and green lentil soup -- Spinach soup -- Chicken soup -- Peanut butter and spinach soup -- Prawn soup -- Vegetables -- Umqa wekhaphetshu (stiff maize meal porridge with curried cabbage) -- Umngqusho (samp and beans) -- Umfino (maize meal porridge with spinach) -- Umphokoqo (crumbly maize meal porridge and sour milk) -- Umxhaxha (corn and pumpkin) -- Umkhuphu (beans with maize meal) -- Tshakalaka (spicy relish) -- French beans -- Potato latkes -- Pumpkin fritters -- Filled gem squash -- Aubergine salad -- Fried butternut -- Lemon Brussels sprouts -- Creamed spinach -- Curried mango rice salad -- Savoury rice -- Carrot and pineapple salad -- Creamy potatoes -- Fish and seafood -- Whole baked fish -- Late-start starter -- Prawn curry -- Seafood spaghetti stir-fry -- Paella -- Poultry -- Peri-peri chicken -- Chicken liver spread -- Peri-peri chicken livers -- Sweet chicken -- Garlic chicken -- Boiled Umleqwa (farm chicken) -- Chicken curry -- Chicken and mushroom casserole -- Creamy chicken with Italian herbs -- Orange turkey -- Meat -- Ulusu (tripe) -- Umsila wenkomo (oxtail stew) -- Lasagne -- Pot-roast leg of lamb -- Roast leg of lamb -- Soy sauce baked lamb chops -- Mama's meatballs -- Cottage pie -- Pork chops with mushroom sauce -- Spiced beef stew -- Breads and desserts -- Umbhako (pot bread) -- Dombolo (dumplings) -- Potato bread -- Strawberry trifle -- Rice pudding -- Citrus pudding -- Drinks -- Aunt Nobandla's ginger beer -- Amasi (sour milk) -- Amarhewu (fermented maize drink) -- Conversion tables -- Statement from Nkosi Zwelivelile Mandela -- Message from Oprah Winfrey.

Message from The Nelson Mandela Foundation -- Glossary -- Index.