Fudia's Cookbook is more than recipes, although it is recipes. It is more than the story of one woman's journey, although it is that as well. Fudia Ernest overcame the oppression of extreme poverty and a violent civil war in West Africa, she struggled to educate herself, and rose to become the caretaker of the Missionary Training Centre in Kalunda Town, Bo, Sierra Leone. Her recipes invoke the true flavor of Sierra Leone, the resiliency and warmth of human spirit, personal courage and deep connection to faith, and joy for life that inspires visitors traveling to this beautiful region of the world to return again and again.