Ceci’s Blog
Open Kitchen guest chef Ceci Tadfor
Open Kitchen Cooked + Delivered Santa Fe Menu for the week of September 14th. Food made with love. Delivered to you. Submit your order by Thursday, Sept 10 before 6pm Your meal will be delivered or available for pick up on Monday, Sept 14 Guest Chef Ceci Tadfor What a...
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Coffee Traditional Ethiopian Coffee Ceremony// Legend and folklore from Ethiopia has it that coffee beans were discovered around 800 A.D. by a goat herder’s sheep as they grazed on the red fruit of a coffee plant. When the goats began frolicking, the herder rushed a...
Ethiopian & West African Cuisine
Ceci’s African Kitchen Ethiopian & West African Cuisine Food Delivery.Catering.Private Parties.Cooking Classes By Ceci and Almaz Almaz and Ceci were raised by their grandmothers, Almaz in Ethiopia and Ceci in Cameroon respectively. They learned to cook the...
What everybody needs to know about Cameroon cuisine
The Chronicles of Cameroon Cuisine and culture, the long-awaited “Ceci’s African Kitchen cookbook is out. Yayyyyyy. Many recipes found in this culinary collection come from the English-speaking parts of Cameroon. Some dishes might be familiar; some might not. One way...
Pescado Seco Canarias with a Cameroonian Flair
The bond of food, culture and travel are so intertwined, no mater where we are we want to enjoy the food, culture and experiment. My special contributor from Spain Lilac Becca is sharing a special creation of pescado seco Canarias with us today, with a Cameroonian...
Sea Food Corn Chaff on a Snowy Santa Fe Day
It is one of those Santa Fe unexpected snowy days. I’m sitting home, expecting a friend for lunch, not sure what to make. I look in my pantry, I have some hominy and beans, and I thought, corn chaff, but I thought the traditional corn chaff is too heavy. I looked into...
Tastes like Home
Tastes like Home: A Goan on the lookout for the Portuguese footprints in Macau The sea is never far in Macau. I’m following the waves, brisk-walking to keep pace with the people around me. These waves, however, are black and white mosaic swirls on the pavement. Every...
Cocktail Is Made with 26 Ingredients
This Cocktail Is Made with 26 Ingredients and Tastes Like Ricola Cough Drops (In a Good Way) A cocktail made with 26 ingredients somehow tastes completely unlike a Long Island Iced Tea. This isn't your classic four-ingredient Old Fashioned, or even a daring...
Food and travel
Best Non-Perishable Foods for Travel When planning a trip, think of tasty, nutritional, non-perishable foods you can enjoy. A few suggestions might be: Fresh Fruit – firm fruit is best like a whole apple so it will not get smashed. Nuts or homemade trail mix Bars...
Chinese Food Culture in America
Developed by Americans of Chinese descent, Chinese food was the first ethnic cuisine to be highly commodified at the national level as a type of food primarily to be prepared and consumed away from home. San Francisco had the largest Asian population and thus the...
Welcome
Food is the best and most natural way to connect with others some of my best friendships were formed around food. The sharing of food, whether cooking or eating puts people in a relaxed, happy and conversational mood, thus the sharing goes beyond food. In this blog I will share some of my favorite recipes and some cultural background to these recipes. I will also share recipes from friends in my community, far and near so we can experience different foods from around the world.
