It’s not that I’m greedy….I think. Maybe I am! OMG….am I greedy? Why is it that when I open my packet of crisps at work I do not go around to each and every person in the room and offer then some before eating any myself? The Egyptians at my work place do.

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 [...]

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 [...]

Cool. It’s hot. See what I did there? Before coming to live in Egypt my only visits to Africa had been to my native homeland of Ghana where my parents came from from. Ghana being on the equator is continually roasting it’s citizens and no matter what time of year you visit there the one [...]