Dieuveil Malonga

I was asking my question, why?

The world is changing now.

Today you have more female chefs that are getting stars.

So, like, the things are changing.

We learn from human.

We learn from family.

That is our first skill set to get it to the grandmother.

Maybe another country, maybe somewhat different, but we really welcome all people who want to learn and so to inspire people in the future.

So when I was traveling different countries in Africa, like I was asking about cookbook, okay, ah, mama, you know how to cook, but you do have a cookbook.

And most of the response I get is like, I realized like in many countries in Africa, many people don't have like a cookbook, like family recipe that really people share it like from mama to the daughter and from daughter to the kids, like go by grandmother.

It's like a tree, you know?

I remember again, I went to the village and told them, OK, if you want to eat the best food,

peanut sauce, you must go to this family.

If you want to eat the best yam soup, you must go to this family.

At least somebody will have the best recipe.

Right, right, right.

That's exactly the story I'm writing in my book.

That's the kind of story that I'm learning.

But, you know, cooking don't have borders.

And that's why I recommend people to be open and to move all of this cliché that people have for Pan-African cuisine.