Trying New Foods
This is an article that I published for The Business and Financial Times.
Tag: food
Spice or Rice
The food in Ghana is delicious but very spicy. Almost all food has some form of spice on the plate or mixed in the ingredients. The main dish that every Ghanaian restaurant serves is joliff rice and some form of meat; either fish or chicken. The local food that I enjoyed the most is called Read More …
Food: A Universal Language
Internships, new friends and weekend adventures aside, one of my favorite parts of this trip has definitely been the food. A great deal of my life revolves around food. My family runs the only certified organic goat dairy in all of Oregon (Fraga Farmstead Creamery, in case you’re wondering *winkwink*) and throughout high school I Read More …
Veg Life 4 Life: Keeping up a Vegetarian Diet in Ghana
Why are you vegetarian? What?! How do you survive?! I couldn’t live without meat! Aren’t you deficient in protein? Don’t you love animals?? I do, they’re so tasty! I tried once for a few years! What do you even eat?! How come you’re not skin and bones? These are the most typical responses I get Read More …
5 Things That Happened during the past Two Weeks
1. I started work – My internship with the Daily Guide has been very rewarding so far. I’ve written stories about the Ghana Aids Commission’s use of social media to help prevent new cases of HIV/AIDS amongst LGBT youth; the Social Security and Insurance Trust’s donation to the National Pensioner’s Association; the Ghana Statistics Development Read More …
Ghanaian food: 1, Tianna: 0.
As I was preparing for my trip to Ghana during the weeks leading up to my arrival, I figured I should have leeway in my normal diet to eat the different foods I knew I would miss while abroad. I thought I would lose weight while in Ghana because I wouldn’t be used to the Read More …
The First 24 Hours: Food, Fails, and Football
The First 24 Hours: Food, Fails, and Football FOOD Last night, we went to dinner at Chez Afrique. It resembled a Ghanaian version of the outdoor patio at Max’s, with a live band. At this point, we were all walking around in a place that looked like the pictures we had seen, but the only Read More …
Food in Ghana
Before I came to Ghana I had no idea what kind of food to expect. Leslie stressed the importance of bringing our favorite power bar, canned tuna, boxes of mac ‘n’ cheese and microwavable oatmeal. Now I know why. Our favorite name brand foods at the local grocery store are pricy and eating out for Read More …