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 […]
Brunch with the Mother
It’s my sister M’sa’s birthday. The plan is for brunch in the city (NYC) and ice-skating. It’s frigidly cold and if the meteorologists are correct, it will be the first significant snow day of the year. I have just driven a few hours from my home to join the birthday party prior to departure. To […]
8 hours in Ghent
By the time we decided to visit our family in Belgium it was already too costly to take the high speed train from Amsterdam. Not to worry. The cheaper alternative came at the expense of 3-4 hour travel each way and very tight connections but overall it was a very easy and pleasurable trip. After […]
Eating Amsterdam
For convenience sake, we ate close to our rental apartment in Leidseplein on our first and last nights in Amsterdam. As expected, the food was generally tourist crap and not worth the expense though N’ku enjoyed the fries and condiment that came with her ribs at one of the first venues we were convinced to […]
Discovering the Joy of Grilled Mango
I went to a street fair this past weekend and instead of indulging in the usual funnel cake, grilled corn, and kettle corn, I indulged in grilled mango. I had eaten quite a bit in the days prior and was still stuffed that day. Thus, I had no plans to stuff myself. In addition it […]
Of plantains & goat meat
It’s been raining non-stop for the past few days. I’m irritable and yearning for comfort food. A plate of fried plantain would really hit the spot.Unfortunately, I’ve run out of stock of my frozen seasoned plantain.Life here is such that whenever I come across a bounty of plantain, I need to save a few. But […]
How Not to Pick a Restaurant
I was recently in San Diego, CA for IDWeek2012 with 4 other ladies from my hospital. In addition to the conference itself, we looked forward to warm weather, great restaurants, and awesome shopping…oh and yeah, time away from work. Months prior, we had given ourselves an assignment of each choosing a restaurant for dinner. I […]
Crispy Rice-Bottom Tastes Fabulous
I recently cooked a pot of jollof rice using home-made chicken broth and as the delicious aroma engulfed me I couldn’t help but salivate at the thought of what was to come. The intensely flavoured crunchy toasty bits of crispy rice at the bottom of the pot. I have always called that crunchy crispy rice […]
Neglected & forgotten spices & seasonings of Ghana
Summer in New York City is synonymous with a whole cadre of street festivals where artists and vendors sell their wares and one can usually buy something cool like the magic wrap skirt. I recently went on an outing with my mother and sisters to the Lexington Avenue Street Fair and came across a display […]
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.