Osseo-Asare, Fran

Fran Osseo-Asare MSW, PhD, is an internationally recognized expert on sub-Saharan African cuisine and Ghanaian cuisine in particular. She is author of several books on African cooking and culture including A Good Soup Attracts Chairs (Pelican Publishing, 1993, 2001), and Food Culture in Sub-Saharan Africa (Greenwood Press, 2005). She has also written for publications such as Gastronomica, Soujourners, bSpirit, and Food, Culture and Society. A popular speaker and teacher, she was invited as a TED Fellow to represent African cuisine in Arusha, Tanzania in 2007 at TEDGlobal: Africa, the Next Chap...