Plantains are a staple of a lot of African cuisines, and for good reason: they're versatile and packed with flavor ...

So he built one of African chefs and restaurateurs to outfit the 22,000-square-foot food hall with nearly a dozen stalls featuring street food, baked goods, cocktails and more.

Plantain is a magnificent tropical fruit and a staple ingredient in West African cuisine. It’s often associated with the banana, the main difference being it contains more starch and fewer sugars.

We had to talk about the plantain frittata. Nina Oduro wouldn’t let me leave our video call before sharing what she loved about the dish. The flavor profile, Oduro told ...

The annoying thing about analysing Africa’s international plantain trade is that the customs (HS) code for plantains – 080310 – is very often also used for bananas in many records.