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Monday, June 10, 2019

Adinkra Shortbread (vegan, gluten-free) Biscuits: One, Two, Three

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After almost two years working on the Ghana-friendly flour mixture and recipe, and perfecting the Akinkra stamps, BETUMI now has a (copyr...
Tuesday, April 16, 2019

Food from Uganda: Achiro's Taste

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While lamenting the paucity of Ugandan cookbooks to some new acquaintances at a recent wedding, Dr. Brenda Okech said,  "Oh, I can sen...
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Monday, March 25, 2019

Evolution of Instant Fufu

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There are several exciting signs in the culinary entrepreneurial world in Ghana. Here is one of them. RE contemporary twists on traditiona...
Monday, December 03, 2018

Tap Chop: 1969 Addition to the Africa Cookbook Project

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From time to time we receive additions to the BETUMI Africa Cookbook Collection launched at TED Global in Tanzania in 2007 . I remember when...
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Saturday, April 28, 2018

In Praise of Over-ripe Plantain Loaf

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In early 2010 I posted about ofam , a tasty savory over-ripe plantain loaf  from Ghana that is also described in The Ghana Cookbook . It...
Monday, April 23, 2018

Updated betumi.com

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I'm excited to announce we've just launched a new version of Betumi.com  today. The good news is that it has a fresh new look and so...
Thursday, February 08, 2018

And yet another adinkra cookie picture

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Yes, but just to reassure you that these adinkra cookie stamps also work on regular butter and wheat-flour based doughs, as here. Thanks to ...
Tuesday, February 06, 2018

Getting Ready for Ghana: vegan, gluten-free, adinkra shortbread!

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Well, it's been several months of designing and printing and taste testing, but at the end of February we head to Ghana to share wit...
Friday, February 02, 2018

Dwennimenn: The Ram's Horns (humility with strength)

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The 3rd adinkra cookie stamp I chose to work on (after "gye name" (the omnipotence of God) and "sankofa" (go back and fe...
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...
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