Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. So what is the African Diaspora? The African Diaspora includes cultures descended from Africa all over the world. These recipes ...

Alexander Smalls grew up in Spartanburg, South Carolina — in Gullah Geechee country off the state’s coast — where inhabitants may be the closest descendants, culturally, to the African continent in ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- It is a kitchen truth universally acknowledged that mothers cook with expediency and grandmothers cook with love. Across cultures and classes, grandmas are the tender guardians of ...

West African cuisine has become all the rage in America, so we're taking a deep dive into one of it's spiciest staple ...

PITTSBURGH — Alexander Smalls was a professional opera singer before he reinvented himself as a chef and restaurateur. So it’s no surprise he brings an artist’s eye to the recipes he created for his ...

AUSTIN, Texas -- Angela Shelf Medearis sees big changes in African-American cuisine over the past decade or so. Changes in attitude -- moving away from the old stereotypes about "soul food" -- changes ...

CONCORD, N.H. — For me, Africa is all about the wine. Admittedly, although South Africa is producing some amazing wines of late, that's not an entirely fair assessment. It is a continent of amazing ...

Brothers Angus and John Hicks grew up in apartheid-era Johannesburg, South Africa, where illegal bars and restaurants called shebeens were a part of the culture. For decades, native Africans had been ...

Editor's note: This is the first story in our five-part Pflugerville Pfoodie series, where we showcase locally owned restaurants. The series will continue in next week's edition. On most days, Tina ...