Every culture has dishes that are deeply tied to it and that people of that culture identify with as ‘their’ dishes. Often, these dishes have particular recipes that are not to be modified, including the tools and equipment that are used in their preparation. This is the case of chapati in East Africa, and especially […]

Ugali is the most common staple in East Africa. It is a starchy dish that is made from different types of flour including corn, cassava, millet, and sorghum. The majority of Kenyans, Ugandans, and Tanzanians consume this dish almost daily. Other countries in the region, e.g., Rwanda, Burundi, and the DRC, as well as southern […]

I did not grow up eating cheese. Not because I disliked it, but because cheese was simply absent in my environment growing up. I ate pizza for the first time in college and I don’t remember the cheese in it being super stretchy. So, when I came to the United States and first saw all […]

You want to clean that home, but you just don’t have the energy for it. You are not alone. I enjoy cooking a lot and I am always motivated to do it, but not so much with cleaning. Mustering the motivation to get started is usually the difficult part. What’s more, once you get started, […]