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Monthly Archives: September 2008
Matoke with Njahi beans, Sauteed Pumpkin Leaves and Tandoori Chicken Breasts
We’ve been doing a lot of cooking at home since we’ve been in Nairobi. Being that Jess is the breadwinner now, most of the cooking is now falling on my shoulders. Not that I (Derek, her house-husband and guest blogger) … Continue reading
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Tagged eating dirt, kahurura, Kenyan food, matoke, nakumatt, njahi, pumpkin leaves, sagetti, sukuma wiki, tandoori chicken, terere
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more on the global food forum and other tidbits
Jeff Sachs hosted the Earth Institute’s Global Food Forum on September 16th. The meeting brought together a wide range of viewpoints and experts involved in all things food. The meeting had some interesting discussions, debate and outcomes. The event had … Continue reading
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Global food. a forum.
I have been tasked with setting up a Global Food Forum out of the Earth Institute of Columbia University, hosted by Jeffrey Sachs. The meeting will have live blogging. One of the world’s greatest challenges is to secure plentiful and … Continue reading
Valentino and the Potential of Marial Bai
I had the chance to meet Valentino Achak Deng, the young Sudanese man, in which the book “What is the What” by Dave Eggers is based. It is a work of fiction because Valentino was unable to accurately account all … Continue reading
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Cupcake Craziness
Cupcakes have been all the rage for a few years in New York. Ever since Sex and the City’s ladies went to Magnolia Bakery, there seems to be this unhealthy obsession with the cupcake. NY Times even got on the … Continue reading
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The food biography of a continent
I have just finished reading John Reader’s Africa, the Biography of a Continent. It is such a vast undertaking to read a book such as this – 700 pages long – starting basically from the origins of earth and mankind, … Continue reading
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