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West African cuisine encompasses a diverse range of foods that are split between its 16 countries. In West Africa , many families grow and raise their own food, and within each there is a division of labor.
According to writer and food scholar Dr. Scott Alves Barton, “Yams are considered to be the most common African staple aboard Middle Passage ships; some estimates say 100,000 yams fed 500 ...
Louisiana Creole cuisine draws upon vernacular French cuisine, West African cuisine, and Spanish cuisine; Floribbean cuisine is Spanish-based with obvious Caribbean influences; and Tex-Mex has considerable Mexican and Indigenous influences with its abundant use of New World vegetables (e.g. corn, tomatoes, squash, and peppers) and barbecued meat.
Variants of the dish appear in the cuisine of nations throughout West Africa and Central Africa. Makroudh: Tunisia and Morocco and Algeria: A pastry often filled with dates or almonds. Mala Mogodu: Southern Africa, Botswana, Zimbabwe A Southern African food, Mogodu is a derivative of tripe served as a stew with hot pap usually in winter. Malva ...
West African cuisine refers to many distinct regional and ethnic cuisines in West African nations, a large geographic area with climates ranging from desert to tropical. [24] Some of the region's indigenous plants, such as Hausa groundnuts, pigeon peas and cowpeas, provide dietary protein for both people and livestock. [25]
The cuisine of Senegal is a West African cuisine that derives from the nation's many ethnic groups, the largest being the Wolof, and is French-influenced. Islam, which first embraced the region in the 11th century, also plays a role in the cuisine. Senegal was a colony of France until 1960. From the time of its colonization, emigrants have ...
Mariya Moore-Russell (c. 1989) is an African American chef and restaurateur.She became the first black woman to be awarded a Michelin star in September 2019 while working as a chef at Kumiko and KikkÅ.
Chakery. Thiakry (also spelled thiacry or chakery, from Wolof: cakri), bodé in Fulani or dèguè in Bambara is a sweet millet couscous dish consumed in West Africa. Its first recipe dates from the era of the Fulani people in present day northern Senegal [1] [2] [3] who are traditionally herdsmen, and spread throughout West Africa.