149:, is a kind of edible portrait: a celebratory, intelligent, often chaotic rendering of the person she is, and of her heritage." According to Wendell Brock's review of the book: "In her delightfully quirky book, Adjonyoh shares her spin on the food of her Ghanaian father’s homeland, with some funny side notes on her experiences in Ghana and how she's mashed up her Irish mum and her African father's native cuisines. There are even soundtracks to play while cooking and eating. I suspect there’s a memoir in the making here."
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