Cape Verdean cuisine

Cachupa, the national dish of Cape Verde
Location of Cape Verde
Chamuças
Grilled chicken with tomatoes, popular on the island of Fogo
Grogue, the Capeverdean grog
Couscous with molasses and goat cheese

The cuisine of Cape Verde is a West African cuisine largely influenced by Portuguese, Southern and Western European and West African cuisine. Cape Verde was a colony of Portugal from its colonization until 1975.[1]

Because the archipelago is inside the Atlantic Ocean, fish is very important in Cape Verdean cooking.

  1. ^ King, Russell (2001). The Mediterranean Passage: Migration and New Cultural Encounters in Southern Europe. Liverpool University Press. p. 104. ISBN 0-85323-646-1.