Jiranileo: African Food Blog

As I strolled through a Kigali neighborhood and stirred the pot in a family courtyard, my cooking class made me feel like part of the family and gave me an

Let’s be honest: A Tanzania vacation isn’t all Serengeti safari drives and Zanzibar beaches. Sometimes it’s late nights at the clubs in Dar es Salaam, followed by waking up desperate

In my Tanzania travels, I discovered that fish turn up in the most unexpected places. For the traveler who loves to wander off-script, these unexpected sightings of seafood in Dar

Ask any Zambian and they’ll tell you a meal without nshima, the staple food, doesn’t even count. I used to smile politely, totally baffled, until I started eating it regularly.

There’s a quiet magic to wandering through New Soweto Market in downtown Lusaka. Neat stacks of fresh produce, sacks of grains, colorful legumes, and rows of dried fish invite you