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A Kitchen Accident
By Joyce Thompson

Of Pão and Piri-Piri Sardines: Angola Road Food
I made a wrong turn in Europe in my youth and, after a week or so at sea, I landed in Angola at Luanda on the south west coast of Africa. I was headed for Ghana and Nigeria, which was way north of Angola, to be sure, but seemed connected up by roads well enough. At least that's how it looked on a big, folded Michelin map of West Africa. How long could it take hitch hiking north? A couple of weeks? A month? Earlier in the year I had hitch hiked from India to Europe. It seemed possible, and it was bound to be warmer. Winter was descending on Europe and even Lisbon, from where the cheapest boats sailed south, hunched its shoulders against the wind.

Sweet Potato Pie
Chris Paul Brown & the Job Corps Kitchen.

Tuesday Night Surprise
by Joyce Thompson