“If we could eat our country, we would,” are the seductive first words of the introduction in a beautifully crafted tour de feast of a cookbook - My hungry heart - that hit the shelves in Namibia in June 2009. Antoinette de Chavonnes Vrugt’s delectable collection of recipes bears testimony to her passionate dedication to food and to the people and land she loves. Complemented by the inspired writing of Christine Hugo and photography of Hentie Burger, this cookbook with a difference will warm the heart and stomach of every reader.