Jiranileo: African Food Blog

As a tourist in Kenya, finding traditional Swahili cuisine is harder than you’d expect. Follow our insider tips and you’ll be eating like a local in no time.

Our memories of Swahili cuisine stayed with us long after the trip ended. The flavors of the marinated fish, the spiced coconut rice, and the fresh juices keep calling us

Many people write off Rwandan food as simple, but once I started asking questions and sharing meals in local homes, I discovered there’s far more than meets the eye.

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