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Ghana to the World

Recipes and Stories That Look Forward While Honoring the Past

by Eric Adjepong
Korsha Wilson
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A transportive, highly personal cookbook of 100 West African-influenced recipes and stories from Top Chef finalist Eric Adjepong.
“Sankofa” is a Ghanaian Twi word that roughly translates to the idea that we must look back in order to move forward. In his moving debut cookbook, chef Eric Adjepong practices sankofa by showcasing the beauty and depth of West African food through the lens of his own culinary journey.
With 100 soul-satisfying recipes and narrative essays, Ghana to the World reflects Eric’s journey to understand his identity and unique culinary perspective as a first-generation Ghanaian American. The recipes in this book look forward and backward in time, balancing the traditional and the modern and exploring the lineage of West African cooking while embracing new elements. Eric includes traditional home-cooked meals from his mother, like a deeply flavorful jollof rice and a smoky, savory kontomire stew thick with leafy greens, alongside creative dishes influenced by his culinary education, like a sweet summer curried corn bisque and sticky tamarind-glazed duck legs.
Full of stunning photography shot in Ghana and remembrances rooted in family, tradition, and love, Ghana to the World shows readers how the unsung story of a continent’s cuisine can shine a powerful light on one person’s exploration of who he is as a chef and a man.

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  • Release date

    March 11, 2025

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Read

      • ISBN: 9780593234785

    • EPUB ebook

      • ISBN: 9780593234785
      • File size: 116634 KB

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • Library Journal

      January 17, 2025

      Food Network host and Top Chef contestant Adjepong, with help from Korsha Wilson, has written a love letter to his heritage and culinary history. Honoring the food and traditions of his deeply rooted family's homeland in Ghana, the book is a thorough guide to West African cuisine that also offers new takes on traditional dishes. In addition to the recipes, readers learn about Adjepong's family history, his journey to becoming an emerging guide to the depth and wonder of West African cuisine, and his deep appreciation of the lessons he learned along the way. Each story and dish is carefully detailed with inspiration and encouragement. Lists of frequently used ingredients and where they can be sourced are also noted. From traditional rice dishes such as jollof to modern takes on staples including fufu, the book details the growing U.S. appreciation of African culinary traditions and how they also influenced American foodways via the cultures of enslaved Africans in the U.S. VERDICT An important and thoughtful exploration of the West African culinary diaspora.--Ron Block

      Copyright 2025 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

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  • OverDrive Read
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