Tag: Cooking with local food

Meet Annabel Hughes Aston from SavannaBel-Bush Gourmet in Zambia

August 20, 2021

Annabel Hughes Aston is an award-winning chef, organic gardener, forage and writer, who lives with her husband on a farm in the Zambezi Valley, upstream from Victoria Falls in Livingstone, Zambia. She is the creator of “bush gourmet” cuisine, developed while experimenting with, and fusing, wild edibles and indigenous Zambian ingredients with fresh local produce, … More Meet Annabel Hughes Aston from SavannaBel-Bush Gourmet in Zambia

Cooking with Local Food, Mozambique – Wild Date Palm & Cocoa Balls ©

February 28, 2019

I found the fruits of the Wild Date Palm or Phoenix reclinata at the Inhassoro market. At first, I did not know what they were, although I suspected it was Dates. Some staff members working on the farm with us and some tree books confirmed it and someone was kind enough to bring me a whole … More Cooking with Local Food, Mozambique – Wild Date Palm & Cocoa Balls ©