Sunday, December 10, 2017

What's under your Christmas tree this year: also sankofa and gye nyame tea biscuits

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What's under your holiday tree this year? Consider The Ghana Cookbook. On another front:  I'm  finally  also almost (~11 t...
Wednesday, November 22, 2017

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If you're looking for an idea for a good international cookbook this holiday, here are some of  Hippocrene's suggestions
Tuesday, November 21, 2017

Happy Thanksgiving, and more attempts at Ghana biscuits and designs

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As we head into a week of remembering all we have to be thankful for, I'm grateful for all of you who have become friends and colleagues...
Friday, October 06, 2017

African Food Writers/Bloggers/Vloggers Unite!

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I'm in the process of developing a list of serious African food bloggers/writers/vloggers (with a proven track record of sustained blo...
Saturday, September 30, 2017

2nd, 3rd, and 4th attempts . . .little by little

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As you may remember, I'm trying to develop a Ghana-style gluten-free shortbread cookie recipe. I first tried using a couple of recipes...
Friday, September 22, 2017

Waiting , . .

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I began about a month ago to launch a new, updated site, but I've run into some snags moving to a different platform without losing all ...
Monday, July 10, 2017

We're back! Calling all African food writers, bloggers, videographers and other professionals

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Special Alert July 11, 2017! Don't miss this: TODAY ONLY The Ghana Cookbook  is an Amazon Prime Special of $5 off. Use code PRIMEBOOKS...
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Monday, March 06, 2017

Urgent! Correction on date and time of Exhibition Booth at Conference in Accra

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DATE and TIME CORRECTION!!!:   Hello all. I'm in Ghana and have now seen the actual program for the African Diaspora Homecoming Con...
Monday, February 27, 2017

Come See Us in Accra

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Alert to all our friends in Ghana!    Fran Osseo-Asare, from  BETUMI: The African Culinary Network will be in Accra, Ghana, on    March 7t...
Friday, February 03, 2017

Alert on Autographed Book Labels

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This is just a quick update for those of you who wish to receive the autographed book labels  of The Ghana Cookbook signed by both myself...
Friday, January 27, 2017

Over 1,000,000 hits and A gift to my friends

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I just sat down at the computer this afternoon, January 27, and see Betumiblog has just passed the one million visit mark (1,000,408 at 5 pm...
Tuesday, January 24, 2017

1,000,000 visits and a call for an African Culinary Association

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Did you know that "BETUMI" was originally called "Ananse's Web" back in the 1990s? To the right is a screen shot fro...
Monday, January 23, 2017

1 year anniversary

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Happy 2017!   As you may have noticed, we have been silent online at Betumi: the African Culinary Network for the last 7+ months. After...
Tuesday, June 07, 2016

What's next for BETUMI?

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Once The Ghana Cookbook finally came out last November, everyone's been asking me: what's next? I"ve been wondering about that...
Wednesday, June 01, 2016

West African Cuisine at the Global Table

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News Flash. Sunday, May 29, 2016:  The Ghana Cookbook placed 1st in the 2016 Gourmand World Cookbook awards for "Best African...
Monday, April 25, 2016

Snacking, Signing and Traveling updates

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Recently,  over 50 community women (and a few men) from all walks of life in State College, PA, came together for a women's networki...
Monday, April 11, 2016

LA, PA, and Ghana Videos from the Launch

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The International Association of Culinary Professionals Conference (IACP) in Los Angeles California April 1-3, 2016 was a celebration of goo...
Thursday, March 31, 2016

The Ghana Cookbook News

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To my Los Angeles, California, friends: I'll be attending the IACP Conference this weekend (April 1-3, 2016) in Hollywood, and would lov...
Thursday, February 25, 2016

Big Blue Marble Bookstore Revisited

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Folks have been telling me they had a great time in Philadelphia last Sunday, and I agree. Thank you to everyone who showed up. My camera g...