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Guinea

  • Blogs

    October 18, 2011

    Tasting Events in Queens and Brooklyn; Has Bed-Stuy Gone Gourmet?

    ​A new bill requiring the Health Department to report the number of permits it issues each year to food trucks and carts was introduced yesterday. [NY Post] Manhattan isn't the only borough with fancy tasting events. Taste of Sunnyside kicks off tonight and A Taste of Sheepshead Bay will debu ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 15, 2011

    Dominique Strauss-Kahn Accuser Gets New York Times Profile to Stress Her Simplicity

    ​The New York Times traveled to Guinea, West Africa, to profile the woman who on May 14 accused then-head of the International Monetary Fund Dominique Strauss-Kahn of groping her, attempting to rape her and forcing her to perform oral sex in his hotel room. Much was made about the victim's ide ... More >>

  • Columns

    June 1, 2011

    Free Will Astrology: June 1-7, 2011

    ​The New York Times traveled to Guinea, West Africa, to profile the woman who on May 14 accused then-head of the International Monetary Fund Dominique Strauss-Kahn of groping her, attempting to rape her and forcing her to perform oral sex in his hotel room. Much was made about the victim's ide ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 6, 2011

    Our 10 Best West African Restaurants in NYC

    ​The peanut-dusted lamb kebabs called suya from northern Nigeria, available at Brooklyn's Buka In the late 80s, the typical Senegalese immigrant was a guy who furtively sold counterfeit watches and handbags on the street. He took his meals at temporary restaurants set up in SRO hotels rooms ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 18, 2011

    Ten Fascinating Ethnic Ingredients Chefs Should Get to Know Better

    Sprinkled with sesame seeds, marinated jellyfish makes a memorable summer salad​ The last couple of decades have flooded NYC with colorful cuisines many of us never knew existed, and stocked ethnic markets with exotic ingredients that had strange names and fascinating properties. This influx ... More >>

  • Columns

    December 15, 2010

    A-Bomb Survivors Tell Their Stories in Brooklyn

    A new generation hears of real-life zombies

  • Blogs

    April 19, 2010

    West African Buffet at Fatima in Crown Heights

    ​Served with polished white rice, sauce de feuilles is the national dish of Guinea. When Fatima opened in Crown Heights six years ago, it was the city's best Guinean restaurant, offering two or three home-style dishes per day, served with a massive plate of polished white rice. But in common ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    April 13, 2010

    Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars

    ​Served with polished white rice, sauce de feuilles is the national dish of Guinea. When Fatima opened in Crown Heights six years ago, it was the city's best Guinean restaurant, offering two or three home-style dishes per day, served with a massive plate of polished white rice. But in common ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    September 22, 2009

    'Lagos Disco Inferno'

    ​Served with polished white rice, sauce de feuilles is the national dish of Guinea. When Fatima opened in Crown Heights six years ago, it was the city's best Guinean restaurant, offering two or three home-style dishes per day, served with a massive plate of polished white rice. But in common ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 31, 2009

    The Early Word: B & B Restaurant, West African in Lower Midtown

    ​ Clockwise starting at midnight: Two classic leaf-based Guinean sauces, Ivory Coast athieke, Senegalese dibi (lamb), and Caribbean-style curry chicken. Beware the red scotch bonnet pepper! (click to consume) I watched sadly as many of the West African restaurants in Bed-Stuy along Fulton wen ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 17, 2009

    Obama Gets a Wine Named After Him; Jay-Z and his Crew Skip Out on the Bill

    Some sectors of the food industry have resorted to hiring state employees to do inspections in an effort to fill in gaps where current regulation has failed. But safety advocates warn that conflicts of interest could arise. [NY Times] PETA is calling for the mayor of Newark to ban new fast-food joi ... More >>

  • News

    April 8, 2009

    Letters

    Some sectors of the food industry have resorted to hiring state employees to do inspections in an effort to fill in gaps where current regulation has failed. But safety advocates warn that conflicts of interest could arise. [NY Times] PETA is calling for the mayor of Newark to ban new fast-food joi ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    March 11, 2009

    AND THE DRUMS, THE DRUMS . . .

    Broken barriers in dance and rhythm

  • Film

    October 1, 2008

    BAM Goes Mad for Barbet Schroeder

    Plus Film Forum celebrates Italian screen icon Alberto Sordi

  • Music

    August 19, 2008

    Mining African Blog Riches

    A fresh wave of globally minded music websites will broaden your horizons

  • Blogs

    July 1, 2008

    From the Archives: Richard Goldstein on the Genius of Clay Felker

    A fresh wave of globally minded music websites will broaden your horizons

  • Voice Choices

    May 6, 2008

    AFRICAN BEAT

    Asheville-based quintet whip up a neo-griot frenzy

  • Blogs

    October 25, 2007

    New African/Jamaican Comes to Clinton Hill

    Asheville-based quintet whip up a neo-griot frenzy

  • Dining

    July 10, 2007

    African Resto Assimilates

    Thanks, France, for the mustard and the memories

  • Film

    March 27, 2007

    Africa Speaks

    N.Y. film fest challenges Western view of war-torn continent

  • NYC Life

    July 11, 2006

    Wednesday 7/19

    N.Y. film fest challenges Western view of war-torn continent

  • Music

    January 31, 2006

    Forever Young

    The joyous clamor of today's youth punches you in the nose

  • Columns

    September 13, 2005

    Horoscope

    The joyous clamor of today's youth punches you in the nose

  • Blogs

    May 5, 2005

    Whodunit: The British Consulate Bomb

    The joyous clamor of today's youth punches you in the nose

  • Dining

    May 3, 2005

    Oh Shito!

    Two competing cuisines snuggle up in a single African bistro

  • Art

    December 28, 2004

    Art

    Two competing cuisines snuggle up in a single African bistro

  • Dance

    June 8, 2004

    It Takes a Village to Re-Create Africa in Brooklyn—Chuck Davis Does It Again

    Two competing cuisines snuggle up in a single African bistro

  • Dining

    March 23, 2004

    Nice Rice

    Leaf sauces and matzo ball soup from the West African coast

  • Music

    March 9, 2004

    Edges of the Groove

    Arguments against education, reclaimed punk rants, electropop with staying power

  • Books

    February 17, 2004

    Penetrating our woman-unfriendly prez's estrogen shield

    Arguments against education, reclaimed punk rants, electropop with staying power

  • Dining

    January 13, 2004

    Grains of Paradise

    West African cooking crawls toward the mainstream on Canal

  • Columns

    January 13, 2004

    Horoscope

    West African cooking crawls toward the mainstream on Canal

  • Music

    November 25, 2003

    Turkey Shoot 2003

    Putatively musical sounds from hunger, for the fan of the future in a very disastrous year

  • Music

    August 5, 2003

    Music

    Putatively musical sounds from hunger, for the fan of the future in a very disastrous year

  • NYC Life

    July 22, 2003

    Siren Song

    Putatively musical sounds from hunger, for the fan of the future in a very disastrous year

  • News

    March 11, 2003

    Arms-Twisting

    Security Council Countries Threatened With Loss of U.S. Aid

  • Music

    January 14, 2003

    Escape Claus

    Security Council Countries Threatened With Loss of U.S. Aid

  • NYC Life

    October 29, 2002

    Listings

    Security Council Countries Threatened With Loss of U.S. Aid

  • NYC Life

    October 22, 2002

    Listings

    Security Council Countries Threatened With Loss of U.S. Aid

  • NYC Life

    October 15, 2002

    Listings

    Security Council Countries Threatened With Loss of U.S. Aid

  • NYC Life

    August 27, 2002

    'Vice' Squad

    Security Council Countries Threatened With Loss of U.S. Aid

  • Music

    July 9, 2002

    In the Inknight Hour

    Security Council Countries Threatened With Loss of U.S. Aid

  • NYC Life

    July 2, 2002

    Listings

    Security Council Countries Threatened With Loss of U.S. Aid

  • Art

    April 16, 2002

    The Hole Truth

    ••• Vine-Swinging Scholar Meets Lovecraft, Ponders Puppets

  • Dining

    February 19, 2002

    Goodbye Palm

    ••• Vine-Swinging Scholar Meets Lovecraft, Ponders Puppets

  • Film

    April 3, 2001

    Cannibal Lector

    Tobias Schneebaum’s Ritual Scars

  • News

    February 8, 2000

    The Diallo Index

    Tobias Schneebaum’s Ritual Scars

  • Dance

    December 21, 1999

    Aural History

    Salaam Orchestrates Kwanzaa

  • Dining

    June 22, 1999

    Bistro Africain

    Salaam Orchestrates Kwanzaa

  • News

    November 24, 1998

    Soul on Ice

    Kwame Ture's last freedom ride

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