Chef Adjo Honsou brings West African cuisine — and love — to St. Louis with Fufu n’ Sauce

Adjo Honsou's food truck Fufu n' Sauce has become a favorite in the St. Louis region with its offerings of traditional West African dishes. Honsou's food introduces foodies to the bold flavors of West Africa and brings nostalgia to newer Americans that have been away from their country of origin for some time.

Though Honsou didn't go to culinary school, she learned how to cook with love from an early age.

"Being from African culture, being born and raised in my home country of Togo, cooking was just part of the day to day when it comes to being a girl," she said. "I grew up cooking with my grandma with my aunties in the kitchen."

When Honsou moved from Togo to the United States at 15 years old, she missed the warmth and communal experience of cooking dishes like palm nut soup, jollof rice, egusi and fufu - a staple in West African cuisine. She also endured the all-too-common experience of young immigrants being ridiculed for their sack lunches because the food was unfamiliar to other students.

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