Welcome to African Chop, where you can find, prepare and enjoy delicious African foods.
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What do you miss the most about your home country? I grew up in Nigeria, and one of the things I miss most is the food. The scent and taste of food can trigger memories from long ago that we barely even knew were there. One of my favorite food-related passages is in Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man. The main character buys a buttered yam from a street vendor, and then "I took a bite, finding it as sweet and hot as any I'd ever had, and was overcome with such a surge of homesickness that I turned away to keep my control."
The good thing is that in today's global economy it is becoming easier and easier to buy African food. If you can't find a market near you, there are many online stores now that will ship it to your door. If you don't want to do the cooking yourself, chances are there is an African restaurant somewhere close where they are making authentic African food.
The goal of this site is to help you find your African food, whether you want to get the ingredients and cook it yourself or have someone else prepare it for you. Find an African Restaurant or African Market near you. Learn about tropical ingredients and how to prepare them in the African kitchen. If you are wondering how crack a coconut, slice a mango or make Ethiopian spiced ghee, this is the place to go. You can find descriptions of many pantry items such as gari, egusi, cizakis or daddawa. If you are not quite sure how to prepare a dish or use an ingredients, check the ever-growing list of African recipes. You can even find links to some African relief organizations, music, travel and languages.
