Okra soup is a favorite accompaniment for eating fufu throughout West Africa. Diced okra pods are mixed with sliced green vegetable leaves and any variety of meat and fish. This recipe comes from ...

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 ...

Yes, Dzenkple (sometimes spelled as "Dzengple") is a traditional Ewe dish from the Volta Region of Ghana. It is a staple food among the Ewe people and is made from fermented corn dough, similar to ...

The Igbo tribe in Nigeria calls it "ọ́kụ̀rụ̀", while the Yoruba’s call it "Ila." Most people classify okra as a vegetable but botanically, it's a fruit because it has seeds. This fruit is one of the ...

Washington’s African restaurant scene has long been dominated by platters of spongy injera bread, sauteed beef tibs and stewed greens — Ethio­pian and Eritrean dishes that have become almost as much ...