DAKAR, SENEGAL
Food Fact: Thieboudienne is the national dish of Senegal. COMING SOON…
Category: Maryland
IRISH SODA BREAD FRENCH TOAST
It all started with the desire to make pancakes for Valentine’s Day weekend. Only to find myself walking through Wegman’s bakery section, stumbling on Challah Bread. Then, my eyes got…
SARDINE OMELETTE
A nostalgic feeling took me to the kitchen to prepare a childhood breakfast omelette, which brought me comfort. I was missing being in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast), where I…
Ubuntu @ Mansa Kunda
Welcome to Mansa Kunda, a West African restaurant and neighborhood gem, whose doors opened earlier this year in Takoma Park, Maryland. The Joofs (owners) are very good friends of mine…
Seafood @ Roy’s Hotel & Beach Bar
After a 15-year hiatus (not voluntarily), I traveled to my maternal hometown of Freetown, Sierra Leone. “Salone” or “Sweet Salone” as all Sierra Leoneans call it. This trip was not…
3.3 @ The Tasting Room
If you know me, you know my Birthday Celebration is huge. For the past years, I’ve had 15-20 family/friends join for an elaborate evening filled with food, drinks and dancing,…