Fufu is made from the cassava root, also known as manioc. We got a dome of the stuff surrounded by a brothy stew that included fish, crab legs and chicken feet ($12.50). I have eaten my share of ...

“This is something our community needs. The West African population is growing here,” she says. “We’re looking for community, and part of community is food.” She opened her restaurant to the public ...

Sister’s African Cuisine, a Liberian restaurant serving authentic dishes like jollof rice, fufu, cassava and palm butter stews, opened two weeks ago, at 1240 Hertel Ave. (876-3000). Owner Mahawa ...

Fufu is a dough-like starch staple across West African culture, personalized and woven into the lives and stories of families. “When you eat fufu and soup, you're stepping into history, experiencing a ...

In Liberia, it is the vegetable, not the meat, that is the star. Instead of, say, steak with two sides, it’s a given that a typical Liberian dish will have all manner of meats in it, with dried ...

When Little Liberia opens up its storefront, it will be the first Liberian restaurant in all of Michigan. ... Rice and fufu (a dough-like food) are frequently eaten with their stewed dishes.

Having grown up cooking cuisine from the West African country of Liberia, where she lived from the ages of 12 to 18, she always dreamed of owning her own restaurant.

Reuben Vincent performs “Fufu,” a song inspired by a staple of West African cuisine. In the song “Fufu,” Reuben Vincent taps into his Liberian roots by using the West African food as a ...

CEDAR RAPIDS — Diners seeking new variety: fear not. A new type of African cuisine has reached the Corridor with Tee’s Liberian Dish. The new restaurant opened June 13 in the former location ...