Vol. 24 — Rice, Palm Oil, Pepper
Liberia
From Monrovia to the Coast
Standfirst
A West-African kitchen built on rice, palm oil, cassava leaves and hot pepper — where a bowl of pepper soup shared at the table can carry an entire evening.
Chapter One
Rice is the anchor
In Liberia, the day is measured in bowls of rice. Palava sauce with palm oil and greens. Pepper soup with catfish that clears your head. Cassava leaf simmered slowly with smoked meat and bitterballs. Everything comes over rice, and the rice keeps coming as long as there is anyone at the table who hasn't finished.
The kitchen is unfussy but deeply flavoured — every pot benefits from a spoonful of palm oil, a small handful of hot pepper, and a lot of patience.
In Liberia, the pot is always big — because someone will always come by hungry.
Chapter Two
For the kitchen and the market walk
Pieces made for a Liberian kitchen — for the cook, the market run, and the shared table.
Poster — Monrovia
Blanket — Buchanan
Sweatshirt — Robertsport
The Collection
The Liberia Collection
Palava sauce, pepper soup, cassava leaf, jollof rice, plantain and country chop — the warm, generous spirit of Liberia, illustrated in one composition.
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