Spice of Life

Documentary 2021

Somali cook and food journalist Hawa Hassan has traveled the world exploring classic African dishes and spices. Now she's using those experiences -- and some closer to home -- to create her own modern take on traditional African food.

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 · Jul 8, 2021 G
EPISODE 2

Nigeria's National Spice

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

20 min · Jul 8, 2021 G

Hawa Hassan

Host

About

Spice of Life

DOCUMENTARY

Somali cook and food journalist Hawa Hassan has traveled the world exploring classic African dishes and spices. Now she's using those experiences -- and some closer to home -- to create her own modern take on traditional African food.

Information

Studio: COOK
Released: 2021
Rated: G

Languages

Original Audio: English
Audio and Subtitles: English (United States) (AAC, CC)

Accessibility

: Closed captions (CC) refer to subtitles in the available language with the addition of relevant non-dialogue information.