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COMPETITION: Win 2 Tickets to Taste of Cape Town
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Thu, 11/03/10 – 12:42 | View Comments

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Today we are announcing a competition for all our loyal Cape Town based readers, or any of our readers who will be in Cape Town at the time.
We are giving away a double entrance …

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African Spirit – The Food of Cameroon
Thu, 28/01/10 – 15:56 | View Comments
African Spirit – The Food of Cameroon

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The history of Cameroon hasn’t been well recorded but archaeological evidence suggests that the country we know as Cameroon today has been inhabited since pre-history – at least for the past 50,000 years. The ancient …

Banana Bread
Thu, 28/01/10 – 15:55 | View Comments
Banana Bread

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Plantains and bananas are commonly eaten in the Cameroon and a freshly baked banana bread is just the business to most. Whilst this recipe has been adapted a little to suit modern kitchens, it will …

Coconut Tapioca Pudding
Thu, 28/01/10 – 15:54 | View Comments
Coconut Tapioca Pudding

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The Oxford Companion to Food says that tapioca pudding and other similar puddings are “sometimes despised by the ignorant, that is to say persons who have no knowledge of how good they are when properly …

Coconut Pie
Thu, 28/01/10 – 15:53 | View Comments
Coconut Pie

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Coconuts are extremely nutritious and the flesh, the milk, the juice and the oil has fed and nourished the Cameroon population for generations. It’s quite interesting to note that about a third of the world’s …

Venice – The Grand Old Lady of the Adriatic
Mon, 25/01/10 – 20:04 | View Comments
Venice – The Grand Old Lady of the Adriatic

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Few of us don’t think of Venice as the ultimate romantic destination – the city of gondolas, art and love. How many of us know that the grand old city of the Adriatic is the …

Carneval – Zaleti
Mon, 25/01/10 – 20:02 | View Comments
Carneval – Zaleti

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Notwithstanding the fact that the modern street carnival of Venice is very well supported by tourists, the Venetians themselves prefer the ancient customs that are quite different to the events celebrated so exuberantly in Piazza …

Harry’s Bar – Carpaccio
Mon, 25/01/10 – 20:02 | View Comments
Harry’s Bar – Carpaccio

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The history of the legendary Harry’s Bar goes back to 1930 –  the middle of the depression and to the bar of another hotel, the Hotel Europa-Britannia  in Venice. Three Americans were staying there at …

Risotto – The Long Journey Home
Mon, 25/01/10 – 20:00 | View Comments
Risotto – The Long Journey Home

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Risotto is a supreme comfort food that requires skill and understanding, yet is easy to make if you stick to the rules. Italians started their relationship with rice around 1250 when the Dukes of Savoy …

Australia – Food of the Land Down Under
Fri, 22/01/10 – 20:03 | View Comments
Australia – Food of the Land Down Under

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The first humans probably settled in Australia around 40,000 – 70,000 years ago (the earliest human to be found, Mungo Man is about 40,000 years old). and the Aborigines (there must have been at …

Bush Food – The Damper
Fri, 22/01/10 – 20:02 | View Comments
Bush Food – The Damper

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Dampers are traditional Australian soda breads,  originally made by swagmen and sheep drovers – the were  made from wheat flour and normally baked in the coals of a campfire. In days gone by, the stockmen …