African Food
Zoe Adjonyoh's guide to getting to know the African cuisines becoming more available in the UK. Zoe asks if using the term 'African food' might do more harm than good.
It's a matter of course that in January, food writers, critics and chefs try to predict the food trends of the year ahead. And if you trawled the columns in 2018, no doubt you would have found 'African food' among them.
For Zoe Adjonyoh, restaurateur at Zoe's Ghana Kitchen in London and author of cookbook of the same name, this is a difficult term. Africa is the second biggest and most populous continent in the world and its 54 countries are home to a plethora of localised and regional cuisines. Yet, so many of these cuisines have failed to make a mark in mainstream restaurant culture internationally and in the UK, can a new interest in promoting African flavours help us to discover more about them?
This programme is Zoe's guide to getting to know African cuisines becoming more available in the UK. She meets British chefs and cooks exploring their African heritage through food, and asks them the worth, or worthlessness of the term 'African food'.
The first of The Food Programme's 2018 season of African food stories in Britain.
Presented by Zoe Adjonyoh
Produced by Clare Salisbury.
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Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Presenter | Zoe Adjonyoh |
| Producer | Clare Salisbury |
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- Sun 11 Mar 2018 12:3291热爆 Radio 4
- Mon 12 Mar 2018 15:3091热爆 Radio 4
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