Every region of the world seems to have leafy vegetables that are local, native, or unique to it. Often, I look at videos of people preparing vegetable dishes and I am like, “What plant is that now?” I wouldn’t be surprised if someone else said the exact same statement about the vegetables that I grew […]
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Comparing Popular Meat Dishes in the United States and East Africa
One of the things I like to do whenever I encounter food from other cultures is to evaluate how it has been prepared and to draw comparisons with how we prepare the same dishes in my own culture. Take beef for example. It is consumed globally, but how each culture consumes it varies widely and […]
Popular Cooking Methods in the United States
The United States is well known for its vast fast-food industry, probably so much so that it somehow overshadows homemade food. Contrary to what many outsiders think, Americans do cook at home too and when they do, there are some cooking methods that take precedence over others. These are such as grilling, baking, frying, soups, […]
Six Common Cooking Methods in East Africa
As I have lived in two different continents and experienced more of the world’s cultures, I have come to learn that food cultures vary widely in as much as they have some similarities. It seems that each culture has its preferred methods of cooking. I observed, for instance, that the methods of cooking that are […]
Swahili Food and The Influences of Indian and Middle Eastern Cuisine
A quick Google search on what Swahili, Indian, and Middle Eastern cuisine entails will yield largely similar results. From main dishes to snacks and street food, drinks, and desserts, as well as spices, seasonings, and cooking methods, there are numerous similarities between these cultures. While some of them may be coincidental, a lot of these […]
East African Cuisine – The Dishes that Define The Region
East African cuisine can be placed into two broad categories: (1) cuisine that is native to the region, and (2) cuisine that was introduced to the region by other cultures. The former category comprises foods such as matoke, finger millet and its brown ugali, and nyama choma, just to name a few. The latter category […]