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For Americans, the holidays conjure warm memories of traditional foods like eggnog, Christmas cookies or even latkas.
In Sarah Ndakola's home, Christmas dinner means fufu.
Ndakola grew up eating fufu, a dough-like delicacy, in her native Democratic Republic of Congo. Most often made from cassava plant flour, it's often served with soup for dipping — and it is as dear and iconic to Ndakola as gingerbread houses are to American children at Christmas.
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