Aalami restaurant, a well-known East African restaurant in San Diego, underwent a routine health inspection on Monday. The ...

for failing Somali Cuisine 101. I received a steady stream of replies about the banana for the next couple of days. Humbling as it was, it taught me about how food — and the Internet — bring ...

but French fries are typically considered a Western food. The United Kingdom’s occupation of Somalia during the 19th and 20th century likely brought with it the British chip, otherwise known as ...

Shaah, a spiced black chai made throughout Somalia, is an important part of Somali cuisine and culture. It’s a cousin of Yemeni, Kenyan and Indian chais, and it’s found across the Somali diaspora.

Much to my surprise, I sold out week after week, despite the fact that for many of my LA customers, this was their first introduction to Somali cuisine. I grew up eating fuul, eggs, and anjero.

To my knowledge, I had never eaten Somali food prior to walking into Faridas Somalian Cuisine a couple weeks ago. Had anyone bothered to ask, I would not even have been able to identify a single dish.

Safari Express recently brought Somali cuisine a new measure of mainstream acceptance – Lynne Rosetto Caspar visited the kitchen, where Jamal offered her a tour of Somali cooking. At the Safari ...

But sharing the food of eight countries that hug thousands of miles of coastline was a daunting task for the founder and CEO of Basbaas Sauce, a line of Somali condiments. So, she turned to the ...

SYRACUSE, N.Y. - “This is my dream,” Sangabo Abdi said. “To keep my food alive.” Abdi, who was born in Somalia and spent more than a decade in a refugee camp in Kenya before moving to ...

Curry and cumin. Lamb and goat. Seasoned rice and spaghetti. Those are some of the flavors and foods of Somali cuisine found in San Diego's City Heights community. Continuing our series ...