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I just discovered the site of Yeti Ezeanii, a West African transplanted to the U.S. who shares the vision to meet the acute need for quality...

I've learned a great Portuguese culinary word: refogado . The book Barbara Baeta and I are writing on Ghanaian regional cuisine has a se...

Here's the chart I mentioned that I put together to try and organize my understanding of some of the most common starches/carbohydrates ...

Did you know that: 1. cassava (or manioc, or mandioca ) is originally from Brazil? 2. cassava spread from Brazil to Asia and Africa? 3. toda...

This past weekend was my 35th wedding anniversary, and to celebrate my husband and I took a trip to a small historical colonial town a few h...

Oi! There's been a little break in postings given my hectic schedule preparing and traveling to Brazil. ( Oi, which means "Hi!...

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...