Ghanaian Favourite Dishes: Recipes that are loved best in many Ghanaian homes – collected and tried by nutritionists all over the country published by Alice Dede in 1969 is a tiny book that came into my possession in 1991 when I was twelve. It was bought by my father at the Legon bookstore and even […]
Tasting Notes – Introduction
I am not at all a chocolate connoisseur but I am quite capable of having an intensely intimate experience with chocolate, milk (even confectionery) chocolate at that. Let me back up. I am one of those people who loves steak…just about well done (ok medium well) so I have experienced my fair share of disdain […]
24 hours in Pittsburgh
Headquarters of Heinz (click for museum) Given a rare synchrony of our work schedules, a few of us single lady physicians decided to head out to the big city…Pittsburgh, to be exact (sarcasm is all mine) on a day off. We arrived into town just at the end of the work week and commented first […]
Recuperating in Boston
Afternoon Tea @ the Taj The last several months have not been going according to schedule at all. There was supposed to be a light at the end of the tunnel – a blueprint of sorts for the grand escape and so far all I have is disappointment. To make matters worse, the work-place is […]
Insight into a Ghanaian Function
It’s the 55th anniversary of Ghana’s Independence Day today. What that means is that all around the world where there are Ghanaian communities there will be some kind of “function” to celebrate this event. In fact, these “functions” likely started last weekend and you can expect somewhere in this world the Ghanaian Independence Day “function” […]
Maggi Cube & the Ghanaian Kitchen
Once several years ago, my father made a remark that I never forgot. “Ghanaian women these days do not know how to cook, just Maggi cube here, Maggi cube there, stew and rice, rice and stew, and they call that food”. The statement was made around the time I was beginning to realise that the […]
Ghanaian Dining – “You are invited”
When I was in Ghana in 2007 doing a clinical rotation at Korle-Bu, I worked closely with one physician who when it was time for lunch, would take out whatever she had brought or had one of the janitors go out to buy, look at me somewhat meekly over the top of her meal and […]
Caye Caulker Go Slow
We chose to spend our last full day on Caye Caulker, a smaller, far more relaxed island than Ambergris Caye where San Pedro is. We had designs on renting a kayak, or a jet-ski, or even try our hand at para-gliding. So would you know it? We woke up Friday to rain. We pressed on, […]
Last Night I Dreamt of San Pedro
It is said La Isla Bonita is sang about San Pedro, Ambergris Caye. I don’t know how true that is. Tropical the island breeze All of nature wild and free This is where I long to be La isla bonita I wish I were “where the sun warms the sky” for this vacation has featured […]
Quest for the perfect sea almond fruit
Sometime in 2010, I wrote a blog post about salivating for Indian almond, the name by which sea almonds go by in Ghana. M’sa and I saw the trees on our way to and from San Ignacio, Belize. I was curious to know whether anyone else ate them so I asked our driver/tour guide. He […]
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.