I’m BAAAACCCKKK!!!! After a nearly 3 week hiatus from this project to travel around California and just a get a handle on a new fiscal year, I’m back at it with new country #47 and I think with a bit … Continue reading #47: Ghana – Beef Suya
The end of the fiscal year plus a quick trip to Pittsburgh for family matters threw off my usual pace for cooking. However that, paired with a highly anticipated vacation, means I’ll be hanging up the apron for a few … Continue reading #45: Zimbabwe – Sausages w/ Peanut Butter Rice
As I mentioned in an earlier post. it never ceases to amaze me how many recipes in Africa use ground peanuts or peanut butter as an ingredient. Whether as a binding agent or for flavor, it is high likely to … Continue reading #32: Benin – Peanut Sauce
In late June, Matt and I traveled to rural Pennsylvania to work from my grandparents’ old house for a week. While they passed away many years ago, we still maintain the house and in recent years have worked to add … Continue reading #29: Mozambique – Peri Peri Chicken
How many chicken and rice dishes can one person make as part of a cook the world project? A lot, so it seems. In my research, it seems like a lot of countries, particularly in Africa, Central and South Americas, … Continue reading #27: Burkina Faso – Chicken w/ Fat Rice
In early June, I decided to travel to Pittsburgh to work from my dad’s house for a week for a change of scenery. I wanted to try and stay on track with my project, but given that I didn’t want … Continue reading #24: Tanzania – Mishkaki
I know a few home chefs that tend to shy away from cooking too much fish at home. For a long time, I was one of those chefs. I always feared under cooking the fish and as a result would … Continue reading #19: Libya – Hraimeh
At this point in this project, when faced with the sheer volume of countries in Africa, I decided that I should make a point to try and cook from two African countries each month. One thing I noticed was that … Continue reading #16: South Sudan – Sakuma Waki
The dish I made for the Republic of Congo was a perfect representation of what I was doing with my life in March of 2021: doing a major winter pantry clean out in anticipation of moving into our new house. … Continue reading #11: Republic of Congo – Poulet Moambe
For country #10, I came across a common occurrence in my recipe searching where a few countries lay “claim” to a particular dish. I’ve noticed this a lot in Africa and I would imagine as border shift and people move … Continue reading #10: Kenya – Mchuzi Wa Samaki
A Portrait of the Artist as She Cooks 