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With a group of BaTwa (pygmy) women potters, with whom we've worked to enhance production and sales of their wonderful pots - fantastic for cooking and serving. To see the 2 blogs on this work enter 'batwa pots' into the search engine located just above this picture. Blog entries throughout this site are about Africa, as well as about the Middle East and life in general - reflecting over 35 years of work and research in Africa and the Middle East – Come and join me!
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Coptic Easter and A Feast in Rural Egypt – Recipes Included
With Easter upon us, I’m sharing my blog about the holiday in Upper [southern] Egypt: During the years that I spent a good deal of my time working and living in Upper [southern] Egypt while conducting doctoral research, I was … Continue reading
Posted in Coptic, Crop harvests, Cuisine, Easter, Egypt, Egypt-Ancient, Egypt-Recent, Feasts, Food, Nile Valley
Tagged Ancient Egypt, arab food, aysh, bamya, Clarified butter, Coptic Easter, Egypt, food, gargiir, Kishk, Mallow Greens, mulukhiyya, Nile, Okra, Recipes, roast chicken, water buffalo, Water Buffalo Shanks
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Vinegar in Ancient Egypt: Sour Wine or Tasty Condiment?
Although there are many tomb drawings and small models representing agriculture, kitchen activities and banquets, knowledge of specific ways by which food was prepared is practically non-existent. As N. Millet commented: An area of ancient Egyptian life about which we are poorly … Continue reading
Posted in Cuisine, Egypt-Ancient, Food, Uncategorized
Tagged ancient egyptian life, AncientEgypt, deir el medina, Edward F. Wente, Egypt, food, Giza, Luxor, Ramesses II, Recipes, reign of ramses ii, vinegar, wine
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