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After celebrating a family graduation at NYU last week, our family and friends trooped over to to Zerza' s for a festive dinner. The bea...

I'm in the midst of packing to spend a year in Brazil and Ghana but just caught sight of a bag of Nina International's "All Nat...

Koranteng's eclectic blog is always a stimulating read for anyone interested in things African and beyond--from technology to music to ...

I recently returned from Chicago, where Gloria Mensah and I presented, as promised, an enthusiastically received talk and tasting session ( ...

I'm off to Chicago in two days for the International Association of Culinary Professionals' (IACP) annual conference. Gloria Mensah ...

(these links are current as of 4 April 2007): On the growing interest in African cuisine: "African food is conquering America! More and...

Italy has polenta , Ghana has kenkey . This steamed fermented corn dough dish from Ghana has several versions. The two most well-known inclu...

Here are 3 brief videos to help you make perfect moin-moin . The first is a 2-minute introduction, followed by a 10-minute summary of the in...

As they say in Ghana, "Little by little, the chicken drinks water." The tea bread recipe is getting better and better. I've a...

Coming Soon : Black-eyed peas are frequently prepared as savory steamed puddings throughout Western and Central Africa. Last October I intro...

I've probably had more interest expressed in finding a recipe for Ghana's tea bread than any other recipe. In 2002 in Ghana I asked...

TEDGLOBAL "Africa: The Next Chapter" The insightful and far-seeing organizers and supporters of the upcoming TEDGLOBAL conference...

More African Cooking Lessons on DVD An enterprising couple, Antony Kovilparambil and Marina Antony, have developed a set of budget-priced et...

Touch of Africa 2007 Penn State recently held its annual African food and culture event sponsored by the African Students Association. This...

Making Ghana-style Microwave Fufu, Parts 1 and 2 Here's our first "how to" video demonstrating step-by-step how to make microw...

African Culinary Videos I'm exploring African cooking/culinary videos on the Web. There's been quite a bit of positive buzz about An...

Advice on opening and operating an African restaurant from Berkeley, California I just returned from my first African Studies Association co...

Who can describe funkasa? I had a request today for information on what is described as a millet pancake, probably a Hausa food. I'm not...

" Kuli-kuli is calling me to come and buy" Today while looking through Mother Africa's Table: A Collection of West African an...

Africa in Brasil (Brazil) My husband is in Brasil/Brazil this October (2006). It turns out a number of people there never saw my pictures ...