a staple dish in the culinary traditions of Angola’s northern region As a luandina, this is a dish I grew up eating because of my grandma. My grandma, who is from the province of Zaire in the north of Angola, bordering the DRC, made it often during my childhood. She usually added peanut (groundnut) paste…
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Textured Soy
I have been flirting with the idea of switching to a plant-based diet for years, but veganism seems unrealistic for me at this stage in my life. The environments I often find myself in do not support a strictly plant-based diet, and I don’t have a compelling enough reason to give up animal products entirely….
Mufete
This dish is one of my childhood favorites. Every time my parents or I make it, I’m taken back to Saturdays on the family patio, hearing, smelling, and salivating as I watched the cacusso on the grill, wondering which one was going to be mine. Mufete is one of Angola’s beloved dishes, and in my…
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