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The Ethiopian dish, tegabino shiro, is a sauce made from powerfully spiced legumes.

Dec. 12, 2011

Tens of thousands of people filled Moscow's streets on Saturday to protest last week's parliamentary elections, which were widely seen as fraudulent in favor Vladimir Putin's United Russia party. We examine the protest's repercussions. Also, many ingredients used in African cooking didn’t actually originate in Africa – even items like cassava, which we normally think of as traditionally “African.” Today, as part of our Food Mondays series, we talk with James McCann, author of Stirring the Post:  A History of African Cuisine. In his book, James uses African cooking as a lens to examine the continent’s multi-faceted social history and culture. And African immigrants tell us about the foods they miss most and how they attempt to recreate those dishes here in Chicago.

In Russia, democracy protests erupt

Dec. 12, 2011
This weekend, Russians hit the streets by the tens of thousands to protest alleged vote rigging in the country's parliamentary elections. Taking place in 60 cities, the protests were the largest anti-government activism that post-Soviet Russia has ever seen.

Africa has rich food history that many don’t know about

Dec. 12, 2011
Just about everyone has eaten something Italian. While pasta is a familiar staple in many American households, most African dishes haven’t made that leap. Lots of people have never even seen, let alone tasted, fu fu or egusi soup. Yet many foods eaten in the U.S.

How to recreate the taste of Africa in Chicago? Immigrants share stories of culinary adaptation

Dec. 12, 2011
Worldview's Shanika Gunaratna speaks with African immigrants here in Chicago to find out how they try to recreate the tastes of home.