The World in your Kitchen 2010 – Gambia and Senegal – Mafé
After taking a hiatus on my international cooking (my time has been consumed by knitting and dancing believe it or not) I finally came back to my good ole trusty 2010 calendar, I did skip the March recipe for now because it was a litte too simple and more of a “snacky” type food but I will definitely come back to it at a later time. And even though it’s already May I wanted to share the recipe for April. It’s called Mafé and it’s a peanut stew from Gambia and Senegal. It’s a vegetarian dish, like all of the recipes from the calendar, and it looked so good on paper that I was very much excited to finally try it out…
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Tea Time in Vancouver… a short review
I just got back from a short vacation in Vancouver. My reason for going this time around was to celebrate my sister’s 30th birthday but of course I took the oportunity to visit some (not all, there are too many!) of my favourite eateries and to try a couple of new ones in between the celebrations. For me there is no such thing as a trip to Vancouver without trying at least one of the tea houses or tea services that the city has to offer. There is one tea house that I love called The Secret Garden Tea Company but this time I tried two other tea services, one of them was quite good and another one not so much but still worth mentioning. Read more
