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Of the world’s seven continents, Africa is second only to Asia in terms of population and land size. The continent contains just about every climate and geography type you can imagine, as it stretches from the bone-dry desert sands of the north, to rain-drenched jungles, across the savannas where human life first emerged, to the mountainous tip of South Africa. Africa, quite literally, is where cooking began. In Africa, many millennia ago, our relatives first learned to tame the flames of fire to produce cooked foods. Without this advance, cuisine had no chance to develop. Not surprisingly for such a large continent with so much climactic diversity, there are very distinctive styles of cuisine. Contact with colonizing and slave-trading Europeans began an exchange of foods between Africa and the New World, which brought sweet potatoes, chiles, and tomatoes to Africa -- and black-eyed peas, okra, and yams to the Americas.
 

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Home Town: Tsumeb, Oshikoto, Namibia
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MY NAME IS HILENI U CAN CALL ME POPSIE WAS BORN 21 YRS AGO.MATRICULATED 2004 AT ETOSHA SECONDARY SCHOOL, HAD HOME ECONOMICS AS MY FAVOURITE SUBJECT AS IT WAS ALL ABOUT COOKING BUT I'M STILL INTERESTED OF GAINING MORE EXPERIENCE IN COOKING.SO I'M WILLING TO CONTRIBUTE THE VERY BEST OF MY ABILITY TOWARDS YOUR COMPANY. THANK YOU

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Aloo Gobi

Reviewed on Nov. 10, 2009 by Louiselombard 
We did not enjoy this very much, although we did eat it. I had trouble with the potatoes and cauliflower scorching on the bottom of the pan and ended up pouring in some water to save it all. I did use only one chile, as per the submitter's suggestion to adjust to taste. There seems to be a little something missing from the spice mix or maybe the quantities are out, but the flavour was off compared to other aloo gobi I have tried.
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Roasted Beets and Sauteed Beet Greens

Reviewed on Nov. 9, 2009 by Katherine 
Simple, clean, and very tasty! Next time I might add some herbs. This time, I took another reviewer's suggestion and roasted the beats with carrots. I also roasted some garlic cloves along with it. Very, very good! Will definitely be making this on a regular basis.
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Curry Pumpkin Soup

Reviewed on Nov. 9, 2009 by Katherine 
It was OK. I will probably make it again, but I will most likely omit the sugar. I used red curry, which was the best part of the soup because I enjoy spicy foods! Anyway, this was easy to make, with inexpensive ingredients, and very healthy!
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