Review: Mama D’s Cameroonian food in L.A., a eureka moment

Cameroonian cooking shines at Mama D's African Cuisine in Boyle Heights.
Bill Addison • Los Angeles Times • July 8, 2021
Claudia Wanki concedes that the name of her 8-month-old restaurant, Mama D’s African Cuisine, reveals the genesis of her cooking only in the broadest sense: 54 nations share the planet’s second largest continent. She says you know that a...
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