From our vacation in The Bahamas, we return to East Africa where we visit Burundi. For this visit, we are making a filling and simple dish of beans and bananas, a Burundi classic featuring two important Burundi ingredients. Read on to learn a little of Burundi cuisine and the dish […]
East Africa
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This week, we’re staying in East Africa as we visit Somalia on the Horn of Africa. Somali cuisine is largely influenced by Swahili peoples and historical, cultural exchanges with India and the Arabic peninsula. More recently, Somalia was governed by Italy (~1880-1940 [1]) and pasta became a popular food [2]–[5]. […]
Lasary is a collective name for condiments or side dishes in Madagascar. This one is based on Lemurbaby’s recipe [1] and is a great condiment to the kabaro au curry described in the main Madagascar post. Other lasary are more similar to traditional salads, e.g. lasary voatabia (tomato) [2] or […]
Madagascar, a large island country of the eastern coast of Africa, is maybe most famous for peculiar wildlife with lemurs and giant spiky forests [1]. This uniqueness stems from the island’s relative isolation – there has been very little migration of plants and animals from mainland Africa. Mirroring the low […]