Thursday, May 13, 2010

Update on Africa Cookbook Project

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Here are the 3 latest additions, all paperbacks,  to the Africa Cookbook Project , which I launched semi-officially in 2007. I'm still c...
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Tuesday, May 11, 2010

Nutrition, health and the W. African diet

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As I prepare to travel to Ghana, one of my main goals while there will be to refine a nutritional breakdown of the classic recipes in the co...
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Saturday, May 01, 2010

Ready, set. . . . preparing to leave for Ghana and Nigeria

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You'll note that there were few posts in April. Things have been heating up here with preparations to travel to Ghana and Nigeria for th...
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Friday, April 09, 2010

Recipe #47: Light Soup with Lamb, Eggplant, Mushrooms and Zucchini

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I was wondering what to cook for dinner last night that would be fun, healthy, simple, and delicious, when I realized I had lamb shoulder ...
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Thursday, April 08, 2010

African Culinary Tourism, Cookbooks, etc.

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March was a busy month and I've not really stopped to update folks on my recent and upcoming activities. It was a delightful surprise to...
Monday, March 29, 2010

Shrimp Curry, Cape Malay-Style

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South Africa is famous, among other things, for its "Old Cape" or "Cape Malay" cooking. In preparation for the southern ...
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Monday, March 22, 2010

Southern African "Rainbow" Cuisine and Online Interview

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Last week was the Southern African cooking class. Southern African cooking has so many different influences it's often called a "ra...
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Friday, March 05, 2010

Cooking the West African Way

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At my March 3rd cooking class we prepared  a West African dinner in my home. We dined on ginger (and regular) beer, bissap , green plantain...
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Monday, March 01, 2010

Racism and food color preference: white corn, white wheat, white rice

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I wonder about a connection between racism and food color preferences in sub-Saharan Africa, where "white" is always the best (e.g...
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Thursday, February 25, 2010

Candy (toffee), Ghana-style: Recipes #44 Groundnut "cakes and #45 Coconut "cakes"

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Ghanaians use available ingredients to create simple candies, or "toffees." Here is a version of "peanut cakes" (recipe ...
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Monday, February 22, 2010

Step-by-step: How to Crack Open a Coconut

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Last August when I listed Recipe 13 (corn and coconut snack) I  summarized the process of preparing your own coconut. In case you missed th...
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Friday, February 12, 2010

Recipe #43: Akara (bean balls or cowpea paste fritters)

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I've frequently alluded to the hugely popular West African bean paste fritter called akara (aka   kose, akla, accara, koose, kosai). A...
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Wednesday, February 10, 2010

Recipe #42: Tuna Fish Turnovers

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"Meat pies" commonly refers to turnovers filled with a meat, fish, or other filling and are popular appetizers/snacks/street foods...
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Tuesday, February 09, 2010

Hope for reducing aflatoxins in African peanuts and maize

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When asked about taking groups to West Africa on culinary tours,  I have been hesitant to undertake such a project due to issues of food saf...
Monday, February 08, 2010

Recipe #41: Pino, another light (and delightful) gari dish

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Anyone who has ever turned to seasoned couscous for a quick side starch for a meal needs to learn to love gari, a form of cassava meal (aka...
Friday, February 05, 2010

Recipe #40: Step-by-step Chichinga (Kyinkyinga/Tsire Suya)

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Here are 2 versions of what is known in Ghana as chichinga (with the first "i" pronounced like the "i" in "it,...