Poor, overlooked water. It is a vital for cooking pasta, rice, grains and soups, yet most recipes don't even include it in their ingre...

On Saturday I made akara , a Ghanaian black-eyed pea fritter . Though this may seem like an unremarkable event, I was amazed for two reaso...

Is there a mundane life task that, for reasons known only to your subconscious, gives you immense satisfaction ? For example, some people a...

Serve me fresh fish , and I am a happy girl. Serve me fresh fish topped with crispy, stir-friend threads of ginger, squid sautéed with gree...

Field to Feast has never wrote and posted in situ , but here goes - I am writing to you from the shores of Lake Kivu , in western Rwanda, a...

A few months ago, my friend Ruth (yes, the Ruth of rooibos chocolate cake and buamba fame), handed me a small, square, well-worn booklet ,...

I ended my last post with a wish that the flicker of hope I saw in the days after the 29 March election would reignite. I was wrong, howeve...