This Senegalese Life

Despite being fairly lactose-intolerant, I happen have opinions about the different kinds of powdered milks that are available, both here ...

Buckets are such a big part of my life here. I've really come to appreciate a good, sturdy bucket, especially one with a nice lid. Her...

People in my region eat a lot of peanut sauce (my family has some sort of peanut sauce with rice for lunch every day) and that means that pe...

After the  Health/EE Summit my friend  Leah  and I went up to Dakar and had a wonderful time visiting  Rachel  & Emily at their complete...

Honestly, I'm really lucky in the food department. My host family cooks really well, and they give me fresh mangoes in during mango seas...

I know that "Ramadan food" might sound like an oxymoron, but there is a lot of eating involved in celebrating  Ramadan . First, th...

For breakfast on my first morning in the village my host mother served me half of a heavily buttered baguette and a mug of hot, milky, vague...