http://www.riehlife.com/2007/03/26/the-soul-of-a-new-cuisine-a-discovery-of-the-foods-and-flavors-of-africa/ Creating connections through the arts and across cultures Wed, 01 Feb 2012 10:30:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.riehlife.com/2007/03/26/the-soul-of-a-new-cuisine-a-discovery-of-the-foods-and-flavors-of-africa/comment-page-1/#comment-1102 Damaria Senne Tue, 18 Sep 2007 18:43:28 +0000 http://www.riehlife.com/2007/03/26/the-soul-of-a-new-cuisine-a-discovery-of-the-foods-and-flavors-of-africa/#comment-1102 The Batswana people in Southern Africa call it "morogo" The Batswana people in Southern Africa call it "morogo"

]]> http://www.riehlife.com/2007/03/26/the-soul-of-a-new-cuisine-a-discovery-of-the-foods-and-flavors-of-africa/comment-page-1/#comment-60 Carolyn Niethammer Sat, 14 Apr 2007 16:24:36 +0000 http://www.riehlife.com/2007/03/26/the-soul-of-a-new-cuisine-a-discovery-of-the-foods-and-flavors-of-africa/#comment-60 When we arrived in Jos, Nigeria, in 1980, I was heavily into edible wild plants of the Arid Southwestern US and my book <a href="http://www.amazon.com/American-Indian-Food-Carolyn-Niethammer/dp/0020100000" rel="nofollow">American Indian Food and Lore </a>had been out a couple of years. Among the plants I wrote about was amaranth, a wild leafy green. Imagine my surprise to find it in the Jos market -- called "spinach" in English. Don't know what they called it in the various native languages. When we arrived in Jos, Nigeria, in 1980, I was heavily into edible wild plants of the Arid Southwestern US and my book American Indian Food and Lore had been out a couple of years. Among the plants I wrote about was amaranth, a wild leafy green. Imagine my surprise to find it in the Jos market -- called "spinach" in English. Don't know what they called it in the various native languages.

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