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West African restaurant Chishuru could move to the West End next year

Brixton’s increasingly popular West African restaurant Chishuru is on the move.

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To eat: Stosie Madi’s recipe for Parkers Arms’ mackerel and tomato pie

Pies may be thought an obvious pub stalwart, but at Parkers Arms they achieve new heights. The pastrywork alone is worth the journey to the rural Newton-in-Bowland pub, but if you can't get there, here is chef-owner Stosie Madi’s recipe for a mackerel and tomato pie.

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Best Pubs in the North West

The North West might be home to the largest natural lake in England, but it is also home to many brilliant pubs. From the Lake District to the red bricks of Manchester, these pubs offer more than just a place to grab a drink. Here are some of the Guide’s favourite pubs in the North West.

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Tatale’s Akwasi Brenya-Mensa on West African food in the UK

West Africa is a region made up of many countries, and its foods have made a profound impact on cuisines around the world. From Brazil to the Caribbean, Mexico to the United States, you can trace culinary roots back to West Africa. Dishes such as Jamaican saltfish fritters are the culinary descendants of akara, the black-eyed bean fritter eaten in countries such as Ghana, Nigeria, and The Gambia. New Orleanian beignets are an evolution of a form of fried dough known as bofrot in Ghana or puff puff in Nigeria. You can see it in the use of red palm oil in dishes like moqueca (seafood stew) in Brazil, jambalaya in Louisiana.