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Thursday, March 3, 2016

Food in books: Jollof Rice from Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

A second reading of Adichie’s novel has Kate Young exploring new culinary territory and trying out this homely Nigerian dish

By Kate Young for The Little Library Café, part of the Guardian Books Network

She made him the kind of jollof rice he liked, flecked with bits of red and green peppers, and as he ate, fork moving from the plate to his mouth, saying, “This is pretty good,” as he always had in the past, she felt her tears and her questions gathering.

Americanah, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

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