Jollof rice is an iconic dish that has become a West African favorite. The dish originated in the Senegambian region, where ...

"Jollof rice is a popular West African rice dish that was traditionally cooked over a fire, though these days it's most often ...

New Orleans restaurant Bennachin’s namesake is one of the West Africa region’s most popular dishes — a plate of fluffy jollof ...

When people think of West African cuisine, countries like Nigeria or Ghana might come to mind first. But nestled along the Atlantic coast, Sierra Leone offers an equally rich and delicious food ...

In West African diasporic communities, jollof rice isn’t just a delicious dish. It’s the red-tinged subject of a thousand dinner table squabbles, Facebook group feuds and friendly trash-talk sessions.

Like red beans and rice and gumbo- other West African dishes that exist as American adaptations in New Orleans- jollof is the ancestor of jambalaya (and perhaps, Spain’s paella and Trinidad’s ...

West African ... with West African cuisine, but it’s hard to imagine anyone not finding something they’d love on the Akadi menu. Thick stews and starches dominate: fragrant rice, doughy ...

Other West African countries have their own spin on the dish: Nigerians, for instance, make a variant called jollof rice. In Gambia, the dish is known as benachin. Some countries use lamb or beef ...

Today the dining scene has dozens of restaurants specializing in West African cuisine—its soups, the spiced rice dish called jollof, grilled meats, and vegan offerings. What makes ChòpnBlọk ...

a popular West African rice dish, or fufu, a plantain batter that’s stirred until thick on the stovetop, pounded until it’s smooth and fluffy and shaped into a cloud. At Yassa, maafe is made ...

From rice and peas to fruit cake ... food serves as a bridge to our roots. Many of the dishes enjoyed today are derived from West and Central African culinary traditions, adapted over generations ...