Google Doodle praises jollof rice, an iconic West African dish

Google Doodle praises jollof rice an iconic West African dish

Today, the Google.com landing page logo is devoted to jollof rice, one of the most iconic food sources of West Africa. Jollof rice is a one-pot supper made with meat, chicken, or fish that follows its underlying foundations to a more established fish-based dish known as thieboudienne. The cooking takes its name from its starting points in the Wolof Domain — “Jollof” is a substitute spelling of “Wolof” — which enveloped pieces of what is currently The Gambia, Mauritania, and Senegal. From that point, the dish spread throughout West Africa,…