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Two Recommended Reads

James McWilliam’s Just Food: Where Locavores get it wrong and how we can truly eat responsibly Walter Willet’s Eat Drink and Be Healthy

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Ex-pat Chicken-scratch Black Bean Tortilla Soup

If you know Jess and I, then you’re probably tired of us bitching about the lack of black beans and corn tortillas in Kenya, but another thing they are critically lacking here is chicken stock. Like canned or ready-to-use chicken … Continue reading

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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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