Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. So what is the African Diaspora? The African Diaspora includes cultures descended from Africa all over the world. These recipes ...

Join Wokie in the kitchen as she shares her secret recipe for Jollof rice and prepares delicious pepper-sauced wings that ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- It is a kitchen truth universally acknowledged that mothers cook with expediency and grandmothers cook with love. Across cultures and classes, grandmas are the tender guardians of ...

PITTSBURGH — Alexander Smalls was a professional opera singer before he reinvented himself as a chef and restaurateur. So it’s no surprise he brings an artist’s eye to the recipes he created for his ...

It's easy to forget that in a past life Smalls was also a Grammy- and Tony Award-winning opera singer. You’ve written books before about African American food and the African diaspora, but this ...

The US dining scene boasts hundreds of culturally specific restaurants, but when it comes to African food, we seem to have little beyond Ethiopian. Why don’t we have a better selection of that ...

Anyone who’s grown up on black-eyed peas and okra knows the contributions Africans have made to the American diet. What’s less understood is how deeply those connections extend throughout the world.

Skilpadjies. Boontjiesop. Tamatiebredie. Waterblommetjiebredie. Ginger chicken roasted in a potjie. Tipsy tart. The dishes your grandmother made but never quite wrote down. Yum. This isn’t a book ...

Editor's note: This is the first story in our five-part Pflugerville Pfoodie series, where we showcase locally owned restaurants. The series will continue in next week's edition. On most days, Tina ...