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Before you get into the kitchen and start baking, take a minute or so to read through some useful advice that will help ensure your homemade cakes are as delicious and lovely as the ones in our shops. Baking is fun and you don't have to be an expert to do it, just get to know the basics, prepare yourself with the right ingredients and equipment, and your cakes will be perfect! Even if you're well-practised at baking, our tips and shortcuts can help save time and make your cakes even better, so read on for some wise words from the professional bakers.

Africa on the Square returns to Trafalgar Square for the fourth time on Saturday 14th October.

South African wine has a history dating back to 1659 with Constantia, a vineyard near Cape Town, being considered one of the greatest wines in the world. Recent access to international markets has unleashed a burst of new energy and new investment. We wish now to make you aware of these wines. We would then love you to try African food and pair this with South African wine. With this in mind here is how to 'taste' wine like a pro and a guide to pairing food with wine.

Read Trying Ethnic Food, African and Caribbean Cuisine

If I said to you bush tucker what is the first thing that comes into your mind bush tucker trials? Extreme eating! Eating crocodile penis, scorpion, cricket, ants and mealworm in I'm A Celebrity. It is true eat snails from the French menu and you are celebrated; eat African snails and wow that is gross. Media images of food are everywhere of what we should eat and it is not bush. Fran Osseo-Asare believes that there is a negative image of African food. See the video by Fran Osseo-Asare author of Ghana Cookbook.

What You Need To Know Before You Start Cooking For Others

It is easy for you to spread bacteria to food without realising.
These bacteria are invisible and could make your family, friends and guests ill.
Your personal hygiene is important.
This is what you need to do to keep food safe:

Read Clean Fridges Regularly: Germ Hotspots In Your Home

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West Africa Cooks is looking for quality content to feature on it's home page. We at West Africa Cooks have been working hard on the design, user experience and SEO of the site. On analysis we have found that our visitors would like more recipes African or Caribbean. Contact Leslie through email using Contact Us if you would like to take up this offer of free publicity.

Foods and Dishes for Wake-Keeping

Above Plantain As A Finger Food At A Wake

Funerals in West Africa have become a party celebration, the family is expected to serve refreshment to the sympathizers after the funeral service as a way of appreciating these people for being with them in their moment of grief. It is very common to see people eating and drinking at these funerals you would think they were having parties. Some would even pack some food and drinks in plastic bags and take them home for their children or relatives.

Foods and dishes for Awujoh (Awujor), (feast for 40 days, anniversary and memorials)

Visit our West Africa Cooks Facebook page. Here you will find images of the recent event Let’s Nyam Words & Food which took place on November 1st 2013 in Brixton, London, United Kingdom.

African and Caribbean food

There was food from Sierra Leone (Moyi Moyi and Rice Akara), Uganda, Ghana (Red Red), Trinidad and Tobago, Grenada, Eritrea, Jamaica, Nigeria (Jollof Rice), Barbados and Somalia. Nadia Maddy represented the Sierra Leone people in the house.

Let’s Nyam Words & Food event on November 1st 2013

Start: 8:00 pm
End: 11:00 pm
Venue: Brixton Library
Address: Brixton Oval, Brixton, London SW2 1JQ United Kingdom
Cost: £5