What fascinates me most about the food I found in Africa was what it revealed about the confluence of cultures that have crashed together on the continent. Every food is “fusion,” and Bobotie is perhaps the best …
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“From Bantu-speaking farmers and fishers to Arabic traders, Goan merchants and adventuring Europeans, Mozambique has long been a crossroads of cultures.” – Lonely Planet Guide, Mozambique
Rosa, our friends’ “empregada” (housemaid), shyly responds to my barrage of questions on …
I love long flights. I really do. Other than Christmas day, they’re the only spans of time during which I know I won’t have to work. With about 20 hours to kill on the way to Mozambique, I gave myself permission to read bad books and catch up on Oscar-winning …
