After a brief hiatus this summer, Taste of Africa returns to Mola Foods on Friday, November 18 at 6:30 p.m. Featuring live music by Rabihah Ruby Shabazz, the event will take guests on a culinary tour of Cameroon, Ivory Coast, Kenya, and Somalia. For those with dietary restrictions, each dish will also be offered gluten-free or vegan.
When LaFortune Jeannette Djabea, owner of Mola Foods in Nashua, received an email from the NH Chronicle in mid August, she said she felt “pure excitement.” This feeling of excitement, however, took years to achieve.
Building off the success of their bi-monthly Taste of Africa Dinners, Mola Foods will launch Taste of Africa Lunch every Thursday between 11 a.m. and 3 p.m., beginning Thursday, August 11. These lunches will include a choice of one of two dishes from Africa, each from a different country, and an African dessert. Lunch may be enjoyed at Mola Foods, which offers seating for approximately 40+, or picked up and enjoyed elsewhere.
A native of Cameroon, LaFortune Jeannette Djabea opened Mola Foods in Nashua to share African cuisine and culture, an intention that also informs her launch of Taste of Africa events this spring. Often featuring live music, Taste of Africa events provide guests with the opportunity to sample flavors from across the continent through both vegan and meat dishes that are paired with wine.
One of the biggest challenges faced by businesswoman and entrepreneur LaFortune Jeannette Djabea when she first opened Mola Foods in 2016 in Nashua was that many people did not seem interested in African cuisine. Change, however, may be in the proverbial air, as her recent Taste of Africa events appear to resonate with people of all ages.
Part of a broader campaign to generate interest in its Taste of Africa events, Mola Foods is launching a social media campaign that will send a yet-to-be-released spice to five …
While many Americans are eager to try foods from different parts of the world, their culinary exploration often falls short of the African coastline, which serves as impetus behind Mola Foods’ ongoing Taste of Africa. “My hope is to inspire people to reconsider what they may think about African food and culture, which is diverse and not what is portrayed in popular media,” said Mola Foods Founder LaFortune Jeannette Djabea.
On Friday, May 20, Mola Foods will host ‘African Desserts and Wine Tasting,’ an event that will feature desserts from various African countries and wine from Averill House Vineyard in Brookline, NH. The event builds on similar events at Mola Foods in downtown Nashua, NH where Founder LaFortune Jeannette Djabea said the objective is “to bring communities together, build friendships, and encourage people to discover African culture.”
When initially offered for sale, tickets for Mola Foods’ Taste of Africa on Friday, April 22 sold out in just days, a development that has led to a second event …
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