Where African Food Meets History, Culture and Community
My Burnt Orange is an award-winning platform celebrating African food through recipes, history, culture and culinary education. From traditional ingredients to modern kitchens, we connect the stories behind Africa’s diverse food heritage with practical cooking and lifelong learning.
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Choose where you’d like to begin your journey through African food, culture and culinary education.
🌍 African Food Heritage
Discover Africa’s food stories
Discover the history, culture and traditions behind African ingredients, farming systems, foodways and culinary practices.
🍲 Recipes
Explore authentic African recipes
From everyday family meals to festive dishes, discover recipes from across Africa, celebrating regional traditions and indigenous ingredients.
🎓 Academy
Learn with My Burnt Orange Academy
Join practical cooking classes, baking courses and heritage food programmes designed for home cooks, educators and food enthusiasts.
📚 Books & Resources
Deepen your knowledge
Explore books, recipe collections and educational resources that celebrate African food, culture and culinary heritage.
Discover African Flavours
Discover a selection of recipes that celebrate the diversity, history and joy of African cooking.
Akara and Akasan
Akara and Akasan, or, as my mother would say in her language, akla and akasan, is a breakfast dish that I believe is the window to the past.
Agushie with Semolina
Discover the wonder of adding a ground melon or pumpkin seed paste to a stew, only to gain a protein-rich discovery.
Sweet Potato Porridge
There is nothing quite as comforting as a yam or sweet potato porridge, which we call mpotompoto in my mother’s language.
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