Spice of Life

Name: Spice of Life
Released: 2021-07-08T00:00:00.000Z
Cast: Hawa Hassan

TV Show · 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.

2021 · 21m

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.
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.