The food appreciation classes I teach at a private elementary school here in the District of Columbia this week landed in Southern Africa on our virtual world food tour. Because of the many Indian immigrants in this part of the continent, there is a definite tilt toward curry dishes in the cuisine. This one, called [...]
Entries Tagged as 'African'
Kids Make Chicken-Vegetable Stew With Peanuts
January 15th, 2010 · No Comments · Ethnic, Recipes, kids
Who knew turnips and peanut butter could taste so good together?
One of the things we like about the African food we are making in our food appreciation classes is the use of fresh, whole ingredients and lots of vegetables. This stew is a perfect example, and something we could easily grow very fond of in [...]
Tags: African·food appreciation·peanuts·root vegetables·stew·vegetables
Kids Make Black-Eyed Pea Fritters
January 8th, 2010 · No Comments · Ethnic, Recipes, kids
Every food culture has its signature fritter, a deep-fried package with a crispy exterior that yields to something suprisingly delicious on the inside. In West Africa, where our food appreciation classes are visiting on their virtual world food tour, fritters are made from one of the area’s favorite ingredients: black-eyed peas. This particular fritter is ridiculously [...]
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Kids Make Liberian Sweet Potato Puffs
December 12th, 2009 · No Comments · Recipes, kids
These little treats are full of sweet potato flavor and nutrition, sweet potatoes being one of the most healthful foods around, a great source of fiber, vitamins and beta carotene. They can be served as a savory, or just dust them with a little confectioner’s sugar to turn them into a quick dessert–or something to [...]
Small Pleasures Of The Kitchen
December 3rd, 2009 · No Comments · kids
My wife thought these tomatoes coming out of a pot of steaming water were so lovely she inspired me to take a photo.
I am peeling the tomatoes for a Senagalese black-eyed pea salad destined for tomorrow night’s parents night dinner at the elementary school where I teach my food appreciation classes. Normally I would not [...]
Kids Make Yams And Okra
November 20th, 2009 · No Comments · Ethnic, kids
Get ready to adjust your idea of what constitutes a yam. In Africa, a yam definitely is not the tuber we so frequently confuse with a supermarket sweet potato. Where real yams are concerned, you need to think bigger. A true yam (from a perennial vine in the Dioscoreaceae family) can grow up to eight feet [...]
Tags: African·food appreciation·greens·okra·yams
Out Of Africa
November 17th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Ethnic
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 [...]
Kids Make Senegalese Black-Eyed Pea Salad
November 13th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Ethnic, kids
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, [...]
Tags: African·food appreciation·legumes·salad
Kids Make Ndole
October 30th, 2009 · No Comments · Ethnic, Recipes, kids
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 make this [...]
Tags: African·greens·peanuts·tofu·vegetarian
Kids Make West African Curried Rice With Greens
October 23rd, 2009 · 7 Comments · Ethnic, kids
It’s finally happened. Our food appreciation classes have left the Americas and entered completely uncharted territory for us: Africa.
The trip from Brazil did not take very long. If you look at the map, there’s only a couple inches of ocean separating the two continents. Heck, you could probably swim. But culturally this represents a gigantic [...]
Tags: African·curry·food appreciation·greens·rice
We are engaging the concerns of a hungry planet--slowly--right here in our kitchen garden in the District of Columbia, one mile from the White House.
