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I promised to let people know what's happening on the Africa Cookbook Project. First of all, I'm getting ready to move to Brazil in...

Yesterday I received my copy of the just-published Sub-Saharan Africa volume of T he Greenwood Encyclopedia of World Popular Culture , edit...

On the left is the latest cookbook to come to the collection (thank you TEDGLOBAL fellow Issa Diabate), and below is the first African cookb...

While en route to TED GLOBAL I stopped in Accra briefly for the fabulous 70th birthday celebration for Barbara Baeta (a.k.a. "Auntie Si...

Africa Cookbook Project Originally uploaded by betumi At TEDGLOBAL in Arusha, Tanzania in June, 2007, we launched the " Africa Cookb...

That first morning at TEDGLOBAL I went to breakfast at the lovely Serena Mountain Village resort where I was booked for the 4 days of the co...

I'm sitting at the busyinternet cafe in Accra, Ghana. I'd hoped to upload some pictures from my camera here, but their wireless serv...

Here are links to several more free online videos related to African cuisine (what did we ever do before You Tube?) Dona D’Cruz interviews M...

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...