3.5

Clearly what attracted me to this cookbook was the AFRO part. The intentions were made clear. Bryant Terry wanted to draw the lines and make connections between our African roots to the foods we eat in present day. More specifically he attempted to bridge Southern and Caribbean cooking to those African roots.
Positives:
*I really liked the intention.
* I liked the playlist of the day along with current reads for some of the recipes. It gave the cookbook a bit of a vibe.
*The pictures were simple and for the most part I think the recipes were simple and easy to follow.

Missed Opportunities:
*More pictures.
* As someone from the Diaspora, who is constantly searching for a connection to nations in Africa that my ancestors originated from, I would have appreciated more research and follow through. Africa is a continent made up of many different countries with different foods/dishes and ingredients. Our food in the diaspora is not so complicated that we can’t trace those origins back to Nigeria, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Sierra Leone, Benin and Togo. These are only a few. There were also a few items included in the book that are not African in origin.

I’ve already purchased the physical cookbook because I can still appreciate it for what it is.
I received a digital copy via the publisher via Netgalley. At the time of this review, I read a digital copy from my library and is based on that copy.