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The Joy of Cooking And the Silliness of Shopping

By Alan on January 13, 2010

Since I moved into my new house last week I’ve been exploring cooking again. It’s been a few months since I cooked last, instead I’ve been opting to eat out or make simple things like toast with peanut butter. It was fine with me because I eat something healthy like yogurt with granola before work, [...]

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Posted in Food, Kenya | Tagged Cooking, Food, funny, Kenya, Nairobi, Nakumatt, Sarit Centre, Shopping, Uchumi, Westlands | 3 Responses

Rice milk is delicious!

By Alan on July 19, 2009

I know I haven’t written about cooking recently, but tonight I discovered something delicious and comforting from my past: rice milk. I used to eat it all the time when I was a kid. Take a bowl of white rice, pour some warm milk over it, add a pinch of sugar and cinnamon, and voila! [...]

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Posted in Food, Kenya | Tagged Cooking, Food, Kenya, Milk, Rice, Tala | 5 Responses

An Improved Tala Salad

By Alan on April 20, 2009

I posted a few days ago about making a “salad” for dinner in Tala. I found some new ingredients in the market and I’ve improved on my past attempt. I don’t know what I was thinking before, but I’ve got it down now. I decided that hot peppers and cilantro are not necessary, but I’ve [...]

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Posted in Food, Kenya | Tagged Cooking, Food, Health, Tala, Vegetables | 4 Responses

The Joy Of Cooking

By Alan on September 27, 2008

I have enjoyed cooking before so this should come as no surprise, but lately I have been breaking new ground in the kitchen! Yesterday, for the first time ever, I walked into a butchery in Tala market and ordered one quarter of a kilogram of beef. I wanted to cook pilau (a spiced rice dish, [...]

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