Spice of Life

Documentary 2021

Available on SBS On Demand

Somali cook, food journalist and cookbook author Hawa Hassan embarks on a quest to learn the stories behind traditional recipes and ingredients from around the world as she visits home cooks and chefs in their kitchens.

Documentary 2021

G

Starring Hawa Hassan

EPISODE 1

The Red Gold of Ethiopia

The spice blend berbere is the culinary backbone of many classic Ethiopian dishes. Hawa visits Brooklyn's Ghenet restaurant to make injera and explores the use of berbere in the traditional chicken dish doro wett.

20 min · 8 July 2021 G
EPISODE 2

Nigeria's National Spice

To learn more about suya, a grilled meat dish flavoured by a peanut-based spice of the same name, Hawa visits chef Hema Agwu in Brooklyn. Hawa uses the spice in her peanut soup with chicken and spiced popcorn and chickpea snack.

20 min · 8 July 2021 G

Hawa Hassan

Host

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Spice of Life

DOCUMENTARY

Somali cook, food journalist and cookbook author Hawa Hassan embarks on a quest to learn the stories behind traditional recipes and ingredients from around the world as she visits home cooks and chefs in their kitchens.

Information

Studio: COOK
Released: 2021
Rated: G

Languages

Original Audio: English
Audio and Subtitles