For the best experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings. The "polite notices" on some of Nairobi’s restaurants eloquently capture the misery ...

Ugali is the unsung hero of East African cuisine, a dish so essential it might as well have its own place in a hall of fame. Its recipe is an open secret, but mastering ugali's nuanced ways is no easy ...

A cream-colored scoop of ugali (oo-gali) maize porridge sits in my plate— a round, stiff ball— its circumference saturated by a colorful mélange of greens and tomatoes, and a perfect pink snapper, ...

Staple of daily life: Ugali is a primary source of carbohydrates for millions in East Africa, valued for its affordability, simplicity, and ability to complement countless dishes. Cultural connection: ...

Every Kenyan knows the comfort of a warm plate of ugali. We make the dish almost daily, believing that the maize flour we buy, usually labeled “fortified with vitamins and minerals,” provides the ...