Friday, April 14th, 2017
The last few years have seen a number of new markets emerging in the upmarket suburbs of Harare focusing on fresh, healthy food and delicious homemade gourmet treats. This is in line with a growing worldwide trend away from highly processed foods produced on a commercial scale using artificial fertilizers and pesticides, and an increasing
Friday, April 14th, 2017
After spending time with Harare Institute of Technology student Clive Nyapoko, it’s very clear that the Vermi-Aquaponics System (VA System) is the future of sustainable farming. It combines Vermiculture (farming of worms to produce organic fertilisers), Aquaponics...
Tuesday, March 28th, 2017
This month we felt it was high time we moved away from the leafy suburbs and into the industrial areas. People had recommended the Portuguese restaurant, Tinkabell in Upton Road, Ardbennie and we were happy to give...
Tuesday, March 21st, 2017
Tuesday lunchtime is a special time at the Mbare Soup Kitchen. Up to 100 people enjoy a delicious, freshly made, nutritious bowl of hot soup served with fresh bread. The soup is prepared by volunteers from all...
Tuesday, November 29th, 2016
If you’re anything like me, deciding what to cook every day is something of a chore. Nutritious, easy to prepare, and delicious is what I aim for, but I don’t always crack it. This is where Real...
Wednesday, November 23rd, 2016
One of the perks of this job is being able to try out a new restaurant, enjoy the experience and to thoroughly recommend it to our readers. The Mustard Seed has been open for a few months...
Friday, November 18th, 2016
Last month after yet another successful edition of the Traditional and Organic Food and Seed Festival, organisers were bombarded by the public asking the now familiar question: where can you buy such things all year round? Enter...
Thursday, October 20th, 2016
I have spent the past few weeks in the chilly climes of northern England. Despite being assured that this was, in fact, ‘summer’, we found ourselves needing to stock up on carbs in order to prevent extremities...
Monday, October 3rd, 2016
Zumbani, safflower, hibiscus, pineapple sage, lemon grass, baobab: you’ll be forgiven if you don’t know what some of these are. Yet all of them have found their way into Flourish-Budirira, one of the new products in local...
Wednesday, September 28th, 2016
How many of us in Zimbabwe look forward to lunches of sadza and beef stew, white bread and sweet tea, or better yet a coke, to satisfy our afternoon hunger pangs? As appetising as these foods might...
