Scents and Fragrances from Africa
Citrus time of year here! This time of the year you can buy big pockets of oranges for very little. It is so wonderful how nature stores summer’s sun light to bring its light to us in such a delicious way, just when we need it most; in the darkest time of the year. I always believed that no house is a home without a lemon tree. [Read more...]
Here in South Africa October brings those glorious spring days that is of narcotic beauty. It lulls your mind and body to believe that you are in an eternal Eden; a place between, where time does not exist. The air is filled with sweet fragrances rising in the warmth of the sun. Butterflies and bees happily buzz between floral delights oozing with nectar, while birds and frogs chatter with spontaneous joy. [Read more...]
“A Caliban of a tree, a grizzled old goblin with a girth of a giant, the hide of a rhinoceros, twiggy fingers clutching at empty air, and the disposition of a guardian angel. … Food for his hunger, water for his thirst, a house to live in, fibre to clothe him, fodder for his flocks, a pot of beer, a rope to hang him, and a tombstone for when he is dead. These are the provisions of the baobab for man” – E. Hill (1940) [Read more...]
I have been asked to write an article and provide some recipes using vegetable greens. The old expression “Waste not, want not” is especially relevant when it comes to the leaves of many well known vegetables. In most traditional cultures around the world vegetable greens were commonly used in cooking and served as an important nutritional addition to the basic diet. [Read more...]
