The US dining scene boasts hundreds of culturally specific restaurants, but when it comes to African food, we seem to have little beyond Ethiopian. Why don’t we have a better selection of that ...
It's easy to forget that in a past life Smalls was also a Grammy- and Tony Award-winning opera singer. You’ve written books before about African American food and the African diaspora, but this ...
We had to talk about the plantain frittata. Nina Oduro wouldn’t let me leave our video call before sharing what she loved about the dish. The flavor profile, Oduro told me, is typical in West Africa, ...
CLEVELAND, Ohio -- It is a kitchen truth universally acknowledged that mothers cook with expediency and grandmothers cook with love. Across cultures and classes, grandmas are the tender guardians of ...
Homemade chakalaka remains one of South Africa's most beloved comfort foods, bringing together simple ingredients, bold ...
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Back in 2020, esteemed chef and James Beard-winning writer and cookbook author Alexander Smalls was deep in research about the foundations of African cooking and cuisine in preparation for an expo in ...
In 1971, the Johnson Publishing Company installed a test kitchen for Ebony magazine at the firm’s Chicago headquarters. Used by editors to test recipes for the publication’s “A Date with a Dish” ...