Africa, Alexandre Bella Ola is making a big deal out of it (and even several!)
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Portrait of Chef Alexandre Bella-Ola © Vicky Bella Ola / DR
By: Jean-François Cadet Follow
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Chef Alexandre Bella Ola publishes a cookbook entitled “Mafé, Yassa and Gombo, Alexandre's African cuisine” for First Edition.
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Its mixed menus - which combine classics from Cameroon and the continent with hybrid dishes inspired by European tradition - have satisfied many stomachs, whether from the diaspora or not.
With its two restaurants, - one in Paris (Moussa L'Africain, in the Halles district), the other in Montreuil (Rios dos Camaraos) in Seine-Saint-Denis, this son of a cook and butler Cameroonian is one of the flagship of African flavors in France.
Alexandre Bella Ola
has even been nicknamed “the pope of Pan-African cuisine”.
Is cooking a religion?
In any case, he puts himself at the level of his flock by providing cooking lessons, or by sharing his know-how and his recipes.
His latest book "Mafé, Yassa et Gombo, la cuisine africaine d'Alexandre" was published by First editions.
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The book launch gave rise to an exhibition at the Institut Français.
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