This week is one of those where I am not sure what it is I accomplished. Not that I did not do anything. I guess I can blame it on …
I’ve been in Zimbabwe for a month now, and I’m having an amazing time, especially when it comes to the food. All my favorites, like chibage, nzungu, and nyimo, are …
This post was authored by Personal Creations. I shared with them the Zimbabwean(Shona) traditions for new moms that are included in this post. We’ve all heard the expression that we …
Last week on my grocery run, which I get to do all by myself these days (YAY! for school!), I asked the butcher if he had beef bones. He proceeds …
My favourite way to make nhopi is not how it is made by everyone else. My pumpkin porridge is more like the nhopi everyone else makes. Believe it makes sense …
I am feeling homesick, a little more than usual. Perhaps because last year this time I was in Zimbabwe and enjoying myself. No matter how bad things are in Zimbabwe, …
I had the curried barley, pine nuts and raisin salad a few weeks ago and I liked it enough to want to recreate it. The only thing I changed is …
There is one vegetable that my parents ate alone while we watched. Mowa or callaloo in english. Mowa grows wild in Zimbabwe so it looked to me like my parents …