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Getting the party started with jollof rice
Houston-based chef Kavachi Ukegbu says that in Igbo culture, Thanksgiving is like Christmas, and every auntie wants to show up the other and give everyone their best.
By Evan Kleiman • • 1m ListenHouston-based chef Kavachi Ukegbu says that in Igbo culture, Thanksgiving is like Christmas, and every auntie wants to show up the other and give everyone their best. A must-have on her Nigerian table is jollof rice, as it’s considered “party rice.” Her book is “The Art of Fufu.”
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Thanksgiving FAQs, vegan sides, first celebrations, French turkeys- 0:00Remembering first Thanksgiving tastes of green beans with fried onion
- 4:00Control freak how to’s for delegating tasks on Thanksgiving
- 6:47Getting the party started with jollof riceYou’re reading this
- 8:45Bringing Korean vegan dishes to the Thanksgiving table
- 14:22In the battle of potato salad, Bryant Terry’s vegan version wins hands down
- 17:25Substituting turkey with cauliflower, mushrooms, cabbage
- 25:23Encountering one Thanksgiving’s biggest greens for the first time
- 27:33Looking for little effort to serve pescatarians, prepare a whole boneless fish
- 30:24French lessons learned for roasting a Thanksgiving turkey
- 32:59Using fish sauce with a Thanksgiving turkey
- 36:58Cutting through the richness with acid and some greens
- 42:19Flashing back to a first Thanksgiving in Philadelphia with Anya von Bremzen
- 46:34Can heirloom apples be used in Thanksgiving pie?
The full episode
3 of 13Thanksgiving FAQs, vegan sides, first celebrations, French turkeys- 0:00Remembering first Thanksgiving tastes of green beans with fried onion
- 4:00Control freak how to’s for delegating tasks on Thanksgiving
- 6:47Getting the party started with jollof riceYou’re reading this
- 8:45Bringing Korean vegan dishes to the Thanksgiving table
- 14:22In the battle of potato salad, Bryant Terry’s vegan version wins hands down
- 17:25Substituting turkey with cauliflower, mushrooms, cabbage
- 25:23Encountering one Thanksgiving’s biggest greens for the first time
- 27:33Looking for little effort to serve pescatarians, prepare a whole boneless fish
- 30:24French lessons learned for roasting a Thanksgiving turkey
- 32:59Using fish sauce with a Thanksgiving turkey
- 36:58Cutting through the richness with acid and some greens
- 42:19Flashing back to a first Thanksgiving in Philadelphia with Anya von Bremzen
- 46:34Can heirloom apples be used in Thanksgiving pie?