Maafe has its origins in the Manding (Mande) people, who historically inhabited present-day Senegal, Mali, and Guinea. It is believed to have been created centuries ago, when groundnuts (peanuts) were introduced to Africa through Portuguese traders in the 16th century. Over time, peanuts became a staple crop in West Africa, leading to the development of…
I’m not sure what this was going to be like – I was a diet soda fiend. I had a diet coke for breakfast, for lunch, and a couple with dinner. Was it the caffeine? The bubbles? The familiarity? I was going to find out – and the results were.. inconclusive. The first thing I…
Ok so. you may ask why a random thing like a book and not say, take 50 hours of python trainings or write some python programs. Well because it’s personal I bought this book 12 years ago when I was trying to brush up my Python skills and learn some new syntax and other things…
D’Angelo’s Voodoo: When Neo-Soul Goes Neo-Nap Time Let me start with a confession that might get me excommunicated from the Church of Music Criticism: I’m not entirely sold on D’Angelo’s supposedly revolutionary “Voodoo.” Yes, I know – this is like admitting you think the Mona Lisa is “just okay” or that Shakespeare could’ve used an…
Tortilla w/Chorizo and Scallions – not a Mexican tortilla although that does sound tasty, the spanish version which is just scrambled eggs mixed with a variety of ingredients. In this case I added chorizo, tomatoes, peppers, and scallions to make this traditional tapas dish. It wasn’t hard to make (After all you’re just cooking eggs…
I’ve always liked TED Talks – present the key points of your information in 20 minutes or less. If I want to follow up and do a deep dive of the subject well that’s on me. I feel strongly about this – too many times I’ve slogged through a book where I felt at the…
This one is a crowd favorite. Maybe 15 years ago someone gifted me a food basket and it had some fig jam in it. I tried some on crackers and it was pretty good but it was a big jar and I was wondering what I could possibly do to use up all this fig…
I came into the white pie lifestyle later in life. I was a read sauce kinda guy then one day there was a meetup with friends and someone insisted I try the white pie. It was revelatory but I thought to myself I could improve this. How did I improve it? Garlic. a LOT of…
[Note: Stock Photo Used as I didn’t take photos of this dish for some reason] Now, I love Mexican food. I don’t eat it as often as I’d necessarily like but it always hits the spot. The thing is, other than Tacos I rarely make Mexican food at home. Which is a shame, because it’s…
OK – this one was a gimme. In fact, I was seriously considering making it 100 books since I’ve always been a heavy reader – as a small kid I remember sitting up at night with a flashlight reading cheesy sci-fi novels under the covers to get that little bit of adventure before going to…