You may occasionally receive promotional content from the Los Angeles Times. Although recognition for a culture or heritage should never be limited to a single month, Black History Month serves as a ...

I wanted to make the world smaller for people,” says Hawa Hassan, 34, of her decision in 2014 to become a food entrepreneur and tell stories about Somalia, where she was born. She felt compelled to ...

Throughout the African American and African diaspora, food takes on as many different forms and traditions as the people who make it up. Enslaved Africans brought their cooking and farming traditions ...

Discover how to cook cabbage the simple and delicious South African way! This quick recipe is perfect for any meal — healthy, ...

Meza Malonga, a restaurant in Rwanda's capital Kigali, serves innovative Afro-fusion cuisine. Chef Dieuvel Malonga opened it in 2020, after years of working in high-end European restaurants. Chef ...

Hawa Hassan clears something up right away in her first cookbook, "In Bibi's Kitchen." The book is "not about what is new and next," she writes in the introduction, a daring departure for a food ...

Author and chef Michael W. Twitty explores the culinary cultures behind his African-Jewish cooking and identity in his new book, "Koshersoul: The Faith and Food Journey of an African American Jew." ...

In South Carolina? "Dig in!" Food is food — across languages, cultures, continents. And the foods of Africa, and the greater African diaspora — including the Caribbean and the southern U.S. — are ...

The impact of chefs of African descent on the French culinary scene is celebrated in French chef Vérane Frédiani’s latest cookbook, ‘L’Afrique Cuisine en France’ (African Cuisine in France). Starter, ...