Baton de Manioc and Chikwangue
The cassava plant (Manihot esculenta, also called manioc, yuca, and yucca) is native to the American tropics and was brought by Europeans to Africa during the sixteenth century. All over […]
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Liboké de Viande (Meat in Banana-Leaf)
Throughout Asia, Latin America, and Central Africa food is cooked in packets made from banana leaves or similar leaves. In Central Africa, meat, chicken, or […]
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Leaf cookery (cooking foods that have been wrapped, burrito-style, in large leaves) is common throughout the world’s tropical regions. In Uganda, plantain bananas are often wrapped […]
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