Lately the food appreciation classes I teach at a private elementary school here in the Dsitrict have been visiting Africa as part of our virtual world culinary tour. I concede immediately that I know very little about African food (except that I love okra and grow lots of it). But I knew that at some point […]
Since we landed in Africa on our virtual world food tour, our food appreciation classes have noticed that the recipes we’ve tried so far are all loaded with fresh, healthful ingredients. This traditional salad from Senegal, called salatu niebein in the native language, is a good example. It starts with cooked black-eyed peas, a legume, […]
Fresh ginger? Dried fish flakes? Peanut butter? These are not ingredients we normally think of together, but they all play an important role in a traditional stew from the West African nation of Cameroon called ndole. Ndole is the local name for bitterleaf, a popular green. Lots of fresh greens, tomatoes, protein and healthful fats […]
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