In the big West African cities (Ouagadougou, Abidjan, Accra), there are lots of little shacks on the side of the road offering a “fast food” breakfast to city workers. It is common to see people there eating a very simple breakfast of coffee and baguette (French bread). Sometimes they make sandwiches with the bread. However, […]
Attiéké in Abidjan
At the end of October when I was in Abidjan I went out with some old friends and had some attiéké. Last week I spent most of my time at the media office in Abidjan working so I decided to grab some attiéké from a joint across the street every day for lunch. Attiéké is […]
Photo of the Day: Emily
This is Emily Peters, a short-term missionary in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. She is one of the writers on the IMB West Africa media team that I was working with this past week. The last night I was in Abidjan the team treated me to a delicious dinner at a Moroccan restaurant in town. The place […]
Stinky Cheese Revisited
As I mentioned before, being in Abidjan means I have access to French cheeses. This week I splurged and got not one, but four different cheeses. On display here are Chamois d’Or, Tomme des Pyrénées, Gorgonzola, and Muenster (by far the stinkiest). Back in high school I once put some muenster in the dorm fridge […]
Super White Oats
Talk about the breakfast of champions! This is what I’ve been eating every morning. They may not taste all that great but staring at the genius artwork while I eat makes me forget about all that. I’m a bit perplexed by the yellow burst in the bottom right stating “NEW Improved”. I didn’t know you […]
Nido
When we arrived in our house, the kitchen was stocked with the basics – sugar, coffee (a must have!), jam, eggs, spices, oil, margarine, and powdered milk. Yup, that’s right – Nido – Nestle’s good ‘ole powdered milk. I grew up on powdered milk at boarding school in the Ivory Coast. I hated the stuff. […]
Buying Food at the Market
Nalerigu offers a very limited variety of foods. Once you eliminate the ones that aren’t very safe to eat (like meats that have not been refrigerated) you have even less options. Trey and I thought we would show you what I buy in a typical shopping spree on market day (market day is every 3 […]
It’s not Spoiled, It’s Fermented
My last food related post about the mold in cheese being delicious flavor got a lot of mixed reactions. Some folks didn’t agree with me that mold was flavor. After trying a local dish named Banku I too have found I disagree with someone else’s idea of flavor. Banku is a sort of corn dough. […]
It’s Not Mold, It’s Flavor
I love cheese. Not Velvetta. Not “American”. Real cheeses like Brie, Camembert, Roquefort, Bleu d’Auvergne, Muenster. Some people call them stinky. I call them delicious. Being in Abidjan this past week has allowed me to get some real French cheese and eat it on real French baguettes. Today I bought a huge chunk of Bleu […]