In Celebrating 400 Years of African Resilience, I Found a Culinary Masterpiece
In search of one dish, I found another
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8 min readSep 19, 2019
When I flew to Ghana during the Year of Return, I hoped to learn more about Ghanaian dishes. My search for one thing on my list — koobi egg stew — led to my discovery of one I hadn’t heard of: palava sauce, which ended up being one of my favorite meals in the country.
