Ok so you remember when I ate the pigeon? Yes, well I’ve been at it again. Only this time it was not quite a pigeon…it…..was…a….little…bird. Yes, a bird. Like….. Tweety. Yes, yes I feel terrible. Not because it was not fresh or anything I mean, I’m still alive, just. I feel terrible because well, its [...]

I’ve eaten fuul plenty of times. It’s….ok. Everybody makes it a bit different – me personally – I like to add chopped fresh tomato and onion, cumin and a quarter cube of chicken stock for flavour. I like it. BUT EVERYDAY? La-a. As for Taamiya I just didn’t understand the fuss. I found it rather [...]

This might sound a little odd if, like me you lived in England all your life, but oranges are back! Yeah!  Sounds a bit twilight zone right? Since I’ve been here in Cairo I have been drinking freshly squeezed juices a lot. It’s good for you and quite frankly it’s cheap and delicious. But a [...]

Summer has descended. She has taken her rightful place on the horn of Africa. Here in Cairo she is King. Ruler of the sky. Rising early, setting late and in between that time?…..telling us all what you had for breakfast! Oh yes. It is a known and well established fact that the food you eat affects [...]

I grew up in London England. I grew up not far from Trafalgar Square in Central London, the home of the pigeon. I grew up believing that pigeons are rats with wings. I don’t mean that in a sort of metaphorical sense, I literally mean that I have always considered a pigeon to be the [...]