Food & Drink

Food Heritage Festival

When

Sat, Jun 20 · 2:00 PM

Where

Hattie Carthan Community GardenHattie Carthan Community Garden, Brooklyn · Map ↗

Price

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One of the most interesting things about the food of the African Diaspora is how closely it connects the people who prepare it, often without them even realizing it. There are several characters that almost all cuisines of the African Diaspora share: seasoning technique, & cooking techniques such as: frying; the prevalence of starchy mashes or porridges eaten with stews and soups or on their own! Among African, Latin, Caribbean, & Indigenous cuisines, many ingredients are nearly identical—mostly due to similarity in climate. Tropical foods such as: plantains, cassava, coconuts, and palm oil, are staples in West African and Afro-Brazilian cooking. The distinctive ingredients of southern cuisine and cooking methodology has been common for centuries in Africa.