The best hot chocolate is made using the best ingredients. You can substitute if you like, but don’t blame me if it’s not the best you have had. First, hot chocolate is not hot cocoa. It’s liquid chocolate that is piping hot and divine. Just to be extra, this recipe calls for the use of […]
Tasting Notes – Niche Chocolate
One of the delights from my recent trip to Ghana was the discovery of a new chocolate brand, Niche Chocolate. I probably would have ignored it at the store were it not for the ginger on the wrapping calling my name. Why not, right? So I bought a single bar of the ginger flavour and […]
Talenti Sea Salt Caramel Gelato
It has been a while since I wrote about my indulgences. But you need wait no more. If you are not aware of Talenti Sea Salt Caramel, allow me to introduce you. Of course, I do so with caution, for the last time I raved about an ice-cream it was soon discontinued. I miss you […]
How to Make Ghanaian Doughnut (Bofrot)
I’m soon to head to New Orleans for a conference but I could not wait to dig into beignets. So here I am making bofrot. I served them at a recent dinner party where my East African friends had the nerve to call them mandazi in my own house. Nigerians call them puff-puff and I […]
Nzema Staple Attieke Popularized by Ivory Coast
Attiéké. Akyeke. Aky3k3. Attieke. Acheke. Adj3k3. However you want to spell it, there is no denying that the Nzema staple attieke has been popularized for international customers over the past several decades by Ivory Coast. Well done! But now Ivory Coast wants Intellectual Property Protection for attieke. That gives me pause. Let me explain. What […]
Mango Season at Trader Joe’s
I just got my Trader Joe’ Fearless Flyer in the mail and I’m in heaven because it’s everything mango. Just read my Ode to Mango if you need any reminders for how much I love this fruit. It’s mango madness and I’m positively besides myself in excitement. Where to start? With my favourite of course. […]
Dark Day – English Cadbury Banned in the US
In June 2012, I wrote that Hershey’s chocolate bars do not deserve to be called chocolate. Amongst other descriptions, I wrote that it has the texture of grainy clay. It evokes the desire to vomit within a couple bites. Its problem was that it is an over-processed confectionary. I concluded that post by saying that […]
Tough Meat – An Exercise in Mastication
People often ask me to describe what Ghanaian cuisine is like. I hesitate because do I know Ghanaian cuisine? I know what I ate growing up. I know what my parents ate that I didn’t partake in growing up. I know some of what other Ghanaian ethnic groups traditionally eat, but do I know Ghanaian […]
Atadwe (tiger nuts): The Next Superfood?
It humours me the “newly discovered” diet and nutritional claims made on food products foreign to the American taste. The current farro and quinoa elitism aside, I can’t help but scratch my head at the fancy $20 bottles of African mango (Irvingia gabonesis) pills on the shelves, touted on Dr. Oz as a miracle […]
Alasa fruit (African star apple) Revisited
It’s been a while since I had an alasa fruit. In the process of acquiring one, I have learnt that my mother has no clue what it is let alone how to eat one; and that my sister, M’sa, who claims to have loved it as a child had never cherished it to the point […]
A lover of mangoes. A woman - smart, without pretense, lefthanded, Afropolitan - navigating this thing called life. An unapologetic believer in social justice and karma. Choosing to radiate positive energy and be true to myself. Here, my musings.