Ma Penny, originally from Kenya however now residing in Massachusetts, shares a recipe for mukimo while Ma Zakia fixes up a fudgy marriage ceremony candy in Comoros. I tried out Ma Shara’s recipe for Tanzanian stewed eggplant, and it’s simply as homey and celebratory because the cookbook itself feels. Unfortunately, no direct archeological proof has survived to help this conclusion. Yet we know that even a flammable container can be heated above an open flame so long as there might be liquid within the container to remove the heat as the liquid evaporates. Thus containers made from bark or wood …