Japanese Chicken Wings: Comfort Food for Wanderlust
I must begin this post with an apology for not posting recently, and when I say recently I actually mean an entire month of nothing. Shameful. I've been home in Canada since February 4th and it took longer than I thought to get my bearings. I was thisclose to ending 'curiousmeredith' as my trip is finished to focus on the ...
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Waterzooooooi!
[caption id="attachment_697" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Eating canal side"][/caption] My first encounter with Waterzooi was in Gent. I was sitting beside my sweetie on a terrace overlooking a water canal and enjoying a nice glass of wine coupled with my stew during a warm summer evening. Waterzooi is centuries ...
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Stoofvlees: Flemish Beer Stew
It was a chilly Sunday afternoon and the only plan set in stone was that we were going to make a stew. I felt I needed the aromas of beef, beer, and mustard surrounding me while I snuggled under a blanket and read Slaughterhouse-5 by Kurt Vonnegut. If that doesn't sound like an awesome, relaxing Sunday afternoon I don't know ...
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Rainy Day Nairobi Chilli
It has been rainy and cold (for Kenyan standards) all week and I've wanted to make chilli. However, it has been too wet to make it to the Corner Store (my favourite vegetable store in Diamond Plaza) until Thursday. Yesterday the rain shower came early; so immediately after work I dodged the puddles and hoofed it to the ...
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“Hey Meredith! A little less food, a little more Nairobi”
My mom left me this comment on my last post: “Hey Honey, I know your blog is supposed to be focused around food and drink but don’t you think your readers would like to hear/see more about your work there? Just a thought, of course it's up to you. Love, Mom” Now, my mother is a wise lady and if she is ...
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The Friendly Village Chocolate Chippers
Our little home in Parklands smells like baking 40% of the time. With 4 girls in the house, who are all good cooks or bakers, we have been eating very well. This is because it is easy for us to buy high quality local ingredients, in addition to a wide variety of imported goods, for a good price. I swear you can find ANYTHING ...
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Nairobi Style Shepherd’s Pie
I whipped up this recipe with leftovers from our big turkey dinner because of a failed attempted at mashed white sweet potatoes that we didn't serve to our guests. So I had a bowl of lumpy sweet potatoes in the fridge just waiting to be incorporated into a dish. I went out and bought some ground beef and some onions and ...
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