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the story of kenya’s own crisps: kachiri PDF Print E-mail

Crisps aren’t for TV kids in the West alone. At the coast, Cassava crisps, or ‘Kachiri’, are a staple, and Kenya’s very own crisps, at some Sh10 a bag.

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creating cakes for the country’s grandest parties PDF Print E-mail

Emerging as Kenya’s most sought-after cake maker, Meetal Shah began making cakes as a hobby. Trained by some of the world’s finest pastry masters and now the main supplier to top Nairobi hotels such as Tribe, Meetal has created a range of cakes, some as globes, some filled with cream centres, caramel and even marshmallow, and all of them 6-to-8-hour labours of love.

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meals to your door day or night PDF Print E-mail

Nairobi has seen a take-off in home delivery services from every kind of restaurant, and sometimes from many on the same order. As holidays start, and the focus becomes social, @home offers a guide to where and how to get a great meal as an ‘order in’ - for that moment when one more round of cooking doesn’t feel like a treat.

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drinking from a heart of ice: the new party prop PDF Print E-mail

Ice sculpture, the transient expression of glamour popular in sophisticated, western circles, has arrived in Kenya, with wedding parties, corporates and hotels now laying on hearts dripping with frozen vodka, and huge frozen bears the size of a human, made by The Iceman in Karen.

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turmeric rises as powerful cancer cure PDF Print E-mail

As more research is published revealing turmeric as a wonder cure for cancer and an all-round health aide, the spice is hardly palatable eaten alone, for which reason @home brings you details of the research and ways of eating turmeric as a pleasure.

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