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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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Living In: Dar Es Salaam, Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania
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I grew up cooking and eating the same kind of food everyday until I got exposed to the idea of dining where I discovered a whole variety of dishes. I want to learn to make exotic dishes in my kitchen so I can enjoy these delicacies in the comfort of my home and most importantly, economically.

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Zimtsterne

Reviewed on May 22, 2012 by Sunet   view full review
These are delicious. Very crunchy and very flavourful! I sprinkled them with sugar right...
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Reviewed on May 18, 2012 by ZatriX   view full review
Simply perfect for those cold days (I'm in South Africa, it's winter here). Doubled the...
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