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January 5, 2019
December 14, 2015
Culinary: African food: The next gastronomic trend?
Living in London, it is not too hard to sate my hunger for a taste of home as markets selling African food dot the city.
There are also a lot of Nigerian restaurants, but they are mainly filled with Nigerians - other Africans may also be tucking in, but hardly any Europeans.
London is a bustling cosmopolitan city where, according to Mayor Boris Johnson, more than 300 languages are spoken - that is at least 300 different cultures.
But while cuisines from countries like China, India and Thailand have become very popular, the same cannot
be said about African food.
So why hasn't African gastronomy caught on?
Perhaps in these days of healthy eating - a particular obsession of the European press - African food is seen as containing too much oil or carbohydrates or not enough protein.
But London-based Ghanaian cook Fafa Gilbert, who teaches people how to make Africa food with a
European twist on her YouTube channel, could not disagree more.
Read more: African food: The next gastronomic trend? - BBC News
There are also a lot of Nigerian restaurants, but they are mainly filled with Nigerians - other Africans may also be tucking in, but hardly any Europeans.
London is a bustling cosmopolitan city where, according to Mayor Boris Johnson, more than 300 languages are spoken - that is at least 300 different cultures.
But while cuisines from countries like China, India and Thailand have become very popular, the same cannot
be said about African food.
So why hasn't African gastronomy caught on?
Perhaps in these days of healthy eating - a particular obsession of the European press - African food is seen as containing too much oil or carbohydrates or not enough protein.
But London-based Ghanaian cook Fafa Gilbert, who teaches people how to make Africa food with a
European twist on her YouTube channel, could not disagree more.
Read more: African food: The next gastronomic trend? - BBC News
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