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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: Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya
Living In: Tampa, Florida, USA
About me:
Most of my cooking skills were learned whilst living in Kenya. The diversity of people and cultures was uniquely reflected in foods. Fruits and vegetables were had from the fresh markets, which along with providing us the necessities for life, were full of living colour. I marveled at how spices and grains were milled on a daily basis.

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Cake Mix Cookies VIII

Reviewed on Nov. 30, 2009 by monjfr 
good if U like brownies like cookies . I just did not like that the dough is very sticky
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Real Hummus

Reviewed on Nov. 27, 2009 by monjfr 
I make hummus at least once a weak and I used to discard the liquid in the can , but after trying this I have to admit that the liquid makes difference , it gives the hummus a stronger flavor . I always add cumin .
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Cake Mixes from Scratch and Variations

Reviewed on Nov. 27, 2009 by monjfr 
I made the yellow cake and it was awesome , very fluffy and moist . I think it`s unfair to compare this with the cake mix , this cake has a fresh taste without too much sugar . I used oil instead of shortening and 1 1/2 cup milk (as recommended by other reviewer) . the second time I`ll try to make an orange cake by adding 1 cup of milk + 1/2 cup orange juice + orange peel , and I`m going to update this. thank you for the this nice recipe
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