West Africa today is one of the world's major population centers: Nearly half a billion people make their home there, representing 1 in 18 people worldwide. More than half of that number live in ...

Image Credit: Red Bean Patty Wraps with North African Chermoula Sauce Bejus, a type of of coconut cookie widely known in Nigeria, also seem to be common in the northeast of Brazil under the name bijus ...

GROWING UP in Florida, Edouardo Jordan was raised on his grandmother’s cooking: neck bones and rice, stews, creamy yams, black-eyed peas, shrimp purloo. He knew that this repertoire was the bread and ...

Dinner at Meza Malonga is not just a meal – it’s a tour of the African continent. Delicately plated dishes feature Nile perch from Uganda, Algerian olive oil, and penja peppers from Cameroon.

Tapi Tapi’s African ice cream sandwiches pair teff-studded wheat and cassava fat cakes with pastry-infused ice cream, leaving ...

Location. Location. This adage could have been coined for Mist at Gillitts Station where chef Anele Mseleku is inspiring ...

Recently, when I asked chef Pierre Thiam why West African cuisine was suddenly being touted as a new food trend, he laughed and said, “It’s been around for a few thousand years.” Then he thought for a ...

We all love turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes, and casseroles. But the year-after-year routine can get a little stale. Incorporate new flavors into your feast with these amazing African recipes: 3.

With 16 countries encompassing West Africa, you know the dishes in West African cuisine are full of flavor and deliciousness! Here at One Green Planet, we love international dishes. If you aren’t ...