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Africola: Slow food, fast words, cult chef

By Duncan Welgemoed, Murdoch Books, $55 What’s in it: Surreal food photos and bold, flavour-forward recipes inspired by this now Australian cult chef’s South African heritage. There are also some bracingly honest words about the highs and lows of being a chef. Recipe picks: Hot & Sour Eggplant, Oxtail Potjie, Peanut Butter Burgers, Boozymisu. Why buy it: If you like food cooked slow in big pots, over fire, in embers or in ashes.