Contents: Preface. Food the family needs. Weights and measures. Seven points for healthy cooking. How to cook foods. 1. Soups. 2. Boiled foods. 3. Fried foods. 4. Stewed foods. 5. Steamed foods. 6. Baking. 7. Roasting. 8. Vegetables. 9. Sweets, etc. 10. Miscellaneous.

From the preface: "This book is a comprehensive guide and reference to cooking having 203 selected African recipes of high nutritional value and delight. It is a book where one can find the recipes that are made mostly in many African homes.

"Here one may find a truly African recipes devoid of foreign recipes which have gradually established themselves in the African household. The collection comes from all over the country and present complete diet for the whole nation."